Thanks so much for telling Target that you won’t shop there unless they stop trying to buy elections. Over 175,000 people signed on so far, a new Facebook group calling for a boycott has almost 32,000 members, and media outlets from NPR to the Huffington Post are covering the story. Your voice is being heard!

But we’re not done yet. Target’s CEO wrote an email to company employees where he tried to justify taking advantage of the Citizens United ruling and using company money to buy elections. He said the donation was made for “business objectives such as job creation and economic growth.”¹

Clearly, Target hasn’t gotten the message: Whatever the reason, trying to buy an election is unacceptable. And especially when the candidate you’re supporting is a right-winger who actively threatens many of Target’s customers’ values!

Target must be thinking that they can ride out this wave of public outrage—that it’ll blow over if they just ignore us. We can’t let that happen—Target, and companies across the country watching this case, need to understand how serious this is to customers and voters nationwide. So we’re aiming to turn up the heat TODAY by flooding their phones with calls from outraged customers.

Can you take a moment right now to call Target? Just speak from the heart and tell them why you’re not shopping there until they apologize and promise not to buy an election ever again. You don’t need to be an expert on Target, or on Tom Emmer’s candidacy, to speak your mind.

Here’s the number to call:

(Press 1 until you get to speak to a “customer relations” representative. You’ll hear a recording directing you to their website, just stay on the line.)

Please click here to share how your call went once you’ve done it:

If they say that you’re the first call today, don’t believe ’em! They’ve set up a special phone line to take these kinds of calls. And the more they hear from us, the more they’ll understand the gravity of what they’ve done.

Let’s make those phones ring off the hook.

Thanks for all you do.

–Ilyse, Robin, Anna, Mari, and the rest of the team

P.S. If you’re on Facebook, check out and join the Boycott Target group: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89742&id=22261-9640874-scYHlox&t=2

Source:

1. “Target CEO defends donating to anti-gay gubernatorial candidate—Boycott gains momentum,” Ann Arbor Examiner, July 30, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89744&id=22261-9640874-scYHlox&t=3