Politics & Government
Somerville Mayor Says He Won't Drink Sam Adams Again
The reason? The beer company's founder met with President Trump last week.
SOMERVILLE, MA – Sam Adams can no longer count Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone among its customers. In a series of tweets Sunday, Curtatone slammed the beer company's founder Jim Koch for meeting with President Trump last week and said he will "never drink Sam Adams beer again."
Koch was among 13 executives who dined with Trump last week at the president's golf resort in Bedminster, NJ. According to the Boston Business Journal, Koch praised the federal tax code rewrite for giving him a "level playing field" with foreign brewing companies who were paying a lower rate.
"We need to hold these complicit profiteers of Trump's white nationalist agenda accountable!" Curtatone, a Democrat and outspoken Trump critic, added in a follow-up tweet. He also called out Koch and asked if he expressed concern over family separations at the border.
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I will never drink Sam Adam's beer again! https://t.co/UCywb9I7xE
— Joseph A. Curtatone (@JoeCurtatone) August 12, 2018
We need to hold these complicit profiteers of Trump's white nationalist agenda accountable ! https://t.co/UCywb9I7xE
— Joseph A. Curtatone (@JoeCurtatone) August 12, 2018
Hey Jim Koch! While you were thanking Trump for your tax break, did you happen to express any concern for the families separated under his cruel and inhumane immigration enforcement policy? @SamuelAdamsBeer https://t.co/UCywb9I7xE
— Joseph A. Curtatone (@JoeCurtatone) August 12, 2018
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