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Updated · Fox News · Jul 7
Texas' Hive Bakery Draws Backlash, Gains Followers After July 4 Anti-MAGA Post
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jul 7

Texas' Hive Bakery Draws Backlash, Gains Followers After July 4 Anti-MAGA Post

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 7

Summary

  • Hive Bakery in Flower Mound, Texas, said a July 3 Facebook post denouncing MAGA as "a cult" triggered both boycott threats and a surge of online support.
  • The post said the bakery would stay open July 4 because it refused to observe the holiday, calling the Trump administration a "fa$ci$t regime" and saying the owners were embarrassed by what the US had become.
  • By July 4, the bakery was reposting hostile messages — including one hoping the shop would burn down — while also highlighting supportive comments from people offering to travel hours to buy from it.
  • A July 7 post said the business had gained new social-media followers since going viral, extending the dispute beyond local customers into a broader political flashpoint.

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