Vendors leave Bangor furniture store's craft section after owner requests Proud Boys hoodies
A handful of craft vendors have pulled their items from a furniture and mattress store by the Bangor Mall after the store’s owner requested that someone print sweatshirts featuring the insignia of the far-right group the Proud Boys.
On Sunday, Kathy Harvey, owner of Furniture, Mattresses and More, posted in the Bangor Mall Craft Fair Facebook group — a private group she administers with 2,500 members — asking if somebody could print hoodies with the Proud Boys logo along with the phrase “stand back, stand by.”
The phrase is likely a reference to a statement President Donald Trump made about the group during a debate with president-elect Joe Biden in late September. He was responding to a question asking whether he would condemn white supremacist and militia groups.
Harvey was requesting the hoodies in advance of rallies taking place in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Congress counts the electoral votes from November’s election.
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