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“I’ve Had It” podcast host Jennifer Welch endorsed the anti-Trump Wisconsin brewery Minocqua Brewing Company on her podcast Tuesday after it referred to Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk as a “racist jerk” and “awful human being.”
The show’s producer, Kiley Josey, read a Facebook post from Sunday from the business attacking sponsors for pulling their support of Welch after she and co-host Angie Sullivan laughed at a joke about digging up Kirk’s body after his assassination last year.
In the post, Minocqua Brewing Company offered to support the podcast with a sponsorship, attacking Kirk in the process.
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Podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan faced backlash from conservative commentators after their controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk following Democrats’ midterm sweep. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for GLAAD; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“Charlie Kirk was an awful human being, and everybody who’s not in a cult or a paid influencer on the right realizes that,” the post read.
“We’re sorry you’ve lost a few sponsors because you laughed at a joke about this racist jerk. We probably don’t have as much money as the sponsors you lost, but we’d love to step in and partner with you if you’ll have us.”
“That is so sweet,” Welch said. “Well, Minocqua Brewing Company, shout out to you and no money necessary. We are happy to promote your products and everybody in Wisconsin if you’re … I don’t know if their products are online, but hit up the Minocqua Brewing Company.”
Josey also described how the brewery has sold merchandise attacking President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, earning more praise from Welch.
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The Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin has a history of pushing progressive politics and promoting free beer upon President Donald Trump’s death. (Screenshot/Google Earth)
“Anti-Trump merch. You know what? I mean free ads for them forever. Forever. They’re doing the good work. And I love a business that says we stand on business, and we’re not going to tolerate our customer base being treated like s—. If other businesses could only say the same,” Welch said.
Minocqua Brewing Company previously gained nationwide attention after promoting a deal for “free beer, all day long” on the day Trump dies. The company doubled down on the deal after a foiled attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April.
“Well, we almost got #freebeerday,” the company’s post at the time said. “Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle. We’ll never know.”
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Far-left podcast star Jennifer Welch later told Fox News Digital she does not intend to have a relationship with the company in the future. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for GLAAD)
In a comment to Fox News Digital, Welch clarified, “We have never heard of Minocqua Brewing Company before today. Neither of us drink. Several listeners tagged us in a post from this company, and we read the post on the show without knowing of their previous comments. We have no relationship with this company and don’t intend to have one.”
TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet told Fox News Digital, “Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan have nobody to blame but themselves for the fact that their sponsors are cutting ties. Rather than accept responsibility for their own behavior, they want to blame Turning Point for noticing.
“The organization didn’t coordinate this boycott; it happened organically. Everyday Americans were fed up with the fact they consistently laugh at, snicker, sneer and generally glorify assassination culture on their podcast. The audience — and their sponsors — are shouting at them that there is a line and they crossed it. They just refuse to listen.”
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Fox News Digital also reached out to Minocqua Brewing Company, but it declined to comment on the matter.
