ABC/Paula LoboBlink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has announced that he and the band will be boycotting FedEx, after the shipping company said it would not end discounts for members of the National Rifle Association, or NRA.
“@fedex has chosen to continue its business relationship with the NRA, despite its board member pushing conspiracies against children who survived Parkland,” Hoppus tweeted. “I’ve directed our representatives to stop using them, and encourage you to do the same.” He also added the hashtag #BoycottFedEx.
Companies including Delta, Hertz and United Airlines have cut ties with the NRA following the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that took 17 lives.
In its statement, FedEx said that while it “opposes assault rifles being in the hands of civilians,” the company “has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or positions on issues.”
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