Penzeys, a chain of spice stores in more than 20 states, has frequently criticized Republicans.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaking to the news media at a Penzeys Spices store in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Vice President Kamala Harris preached unity when she took a break from debate prep and visited a spice shop in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
“Look, it’s time to turn the page on the divisiveness,” she told reporters inside Penzeys Spices. “It’s time to bring our country together to chart a new way forward.”
But the brief campaign stop elicited a bitterly divided reaction that underscored how distant the goal of national harmony remains. Penzeys, which is based in Wisconsin and has shops in more than 20 states, is known for pushing a staunchly liberal viewpoint and openly criticizing Republicans.
In addition to an About Us page, the company’s website includes an “About Republicans” page that blasts what it calls “the slow decline” of the Republican Party over the last half century and the “nonsense” the party is promoting.
Penzeys sells a “January 6 Box” of spices, which it calls “a tasty reminder to keep hope alive and vote (and cook),” and its downtown Milwaukee store welcomed delegates to the Republican National Convention in July with a sign in the window that read, “Welcome Future Fake Electors.”
So it’s no surprise that Ms. Harris’s visit to Penzeys left many Republicans and conservative commentators feeling a bit salty, and elicited a torrent of heated comments on the shop’s Yelp page.
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