More than 60,000 people have signed a petition demanding that Amazon stop selling merchandise geared towards Canada being the 51st state of the United States.
A Change.Org petition has garnered roughly 69,310 signatures, calling for Amazon to stop selling pro-Canada 51st state merchandise. The petition described the merchandise as being “not just offensive and immoral,” but reinforcing “a direct threat to our democracy.” The petition comes as President Donald Trump has previously joked about making Canada the 51st state.
“Seeing items on sale that portray this notion on a platform as huge as Amazon gives President Trump’s intimidating tactics more power than they deserve, and serve as a constant reminder of the bullying we are subjected to,” the petition, started by Sue Williams-Dunn says. “Every day we come across products that insinuate our unwilling…
