Blood and Guts and Ice Cream Dreams

The Youngstown food bank that was used by Paul Ryan and his caravan for a photo-op is losing donors for its manager speaking out about the visit

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abaldwin360:

When the charity’s president, Brian J. Antal, found out about Ryan’s stunt, he was furious. Ryan and his campaign had “ramrodded” their way into the kitchen, Antal told The Washington Post on Monday.

“We’re a faith-based organization,” he said. “We are apolitical because the majority of our funding is from private donations. It’s strictly in our bylaws not to do it. They showed up there, and they did not have permission. They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors. … The photo op they did wasn’t even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.”

Public reaction was ferocious — and much of it has targeted Antal.

When I talked to Antal on Tuesday afternoon, he said he was starting to worry “a little bit” for the safety of his family. A young child wailed in the background as he described the barrage of angry calls he’d been fielding ever since the story broke.

“They keep accusing me of being partisan,” he said. “They say they’re donors who will never give again because of what I said.” None of them would give a name.

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WOW.

Attacking a fucking charity because the person who runs it didn’t appreciate it being used for a photo-op. More fucking conservative bullshit. This is a charity, A FUCKING CHARITY, and the guy is receiving threatening phone calls because he doesn’t fall in line with the Republicans.

This is total utter bullshit, but unfortunately not surprising considering the way conservatives attack everything that goes outside their little bubble so furiously. 

I don’t think I can properly express how majorly fucked up this is.

Wow, as a person in the state that this happened in, this really fucking infuriates me because Ohio has the 6th worst rating for hunger in the entire country. So now Paul Ryan’s fucking photo-op is going to take even more money away from those people.

I cannot stress how much I loathe this man for taking an actual issue in the area I live in and using poor people as a prop when his actions are only making it worse.

If you want to donate to that charity to try and make up for Ryan’s little modelling adventure their donation and volunteer page is here.