Current Events > Congressman Steve King duped by Twitter user MuellerDad69

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https://www.businessinsider.com/congressman-steve-king-got-duped-by-an-troll-named-muellerdad69-2019-12

Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who's long voiced sympathy with white supremacist ideology, shared a post from what appeared to be an online troll pretending to be a Starbucks manager on Tuesday.

[See King's post here: https://m.facebook.com/KingforCongress/photos/a.169008886506462/3308164285924224/?type=3&THEATER]

The account, @MuellerDad69, claimed to be owned by a Starbucks manager who discriminated against "conservative Christians" by banning his employees from saying "Merry Christmas" to customers. Twitter has since suspended the account and Starbucks told Insider that it had no connection to the company.

"I'm the manager of a Starbucks in Charlotte NC. I have informed my employees that that they will be fired on the spot if I hear them say 'Merry Christmas' to any customers," @MuellerDad69 wrote. "I'm doing it because I personally dislike conservative Christians."

The same account has previously claimed to discriminate to against military service members and police officers who were customers at Starbucks.

Starbucks said the @MuellerDad69 account is fake and that the coffee company doesn't dictate how its employees welcome customers, including holiday greetings.

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Nice try Barry
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Who's that one Muslim guy who's always posting stuff like this and changing his username to something like 'Muslim chef' or whatever job he's pretending to have, it's a funny bit

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