Posted on 12/31/2021 9:25:14 AM PST by Perseverando
BOONES MILL — Donald Trump exited the White House on Jan. 20, but the store that bears the ex-president’s name still flies his flags in Franklin County.
Once a church, then a Masonic lodge, the Trump Store has made for an eye-grabbing presence along U.S. 220 since opening in September, with a larger than life standee of Trump looming over a yard ringed with signs bearing slogans like “Cops for Trump,” “Trump: No Bull——,” “Prison for Hillary,” “Biden Sucks” and a cartoon of a boy urinating on the name “Pelosi.”
On a bright summer day, travelers from Utah passing through the 170-population town of Boones Mill pulled over to take in the garish spectacle, and not because they supported Trump. “I just wanted to see what the circus show was,” said Rick Williams, 37.
The store’s owner, Franklin County Speedway owner Donald “Whitey” Taylor, 71, said he recognized right away that the visitors from Utah were Biden voters. “You can spot ’em,” he said with clear disdain. He challenged anyone who cast a vote for Biden to “tell me one good thing he’s done good, right, so far.”
Taylor’s flamboyant, controversial antics have generated headlines in Franklin County for more than 40 years, and his newest venture, a magnet for national and international news coverage, could be seen either as his crowning achievement or his nadir.
The merchandise he sells includes items that feature obscene, anti-Biden slogans, Confederate flag imagery and the logo of the Three Percenters, a right-wing anti-government militia movement described as extremist by groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Taylor insisted that he holds no hate in his heart.
“If you hate anybody because of their skin color
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I saw an article about the popularity of Trump Stores in Massachusetts, did a little research and ran across this from August, 2021 in the left wing rag, The Roanoke Times.
This Trump Store is about 10 miles south of Roanoke, VA in Boones Mill, VA on US 220, aka the Virgil H Goode Highway.
I used to spark a girl in Boone’s Mill. As country as one could get.. back in the day.
I think I’ll be driving past there next week. I’ll have to stop in.
MOST Utah voters were solid Red until just a few years ago.
You can't miss it. From the pics I've seen, they have a ton of stuff.
“...garish spectacle....”
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No bias there, aholes at the Roanoke Slimes.
The “Roanoke Crimes” should have gone out of business years ago. They should be sued for journalistic malpractice, or for propagating fake news.
left wing rag, The Roanoke Times.
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You perfectly summed up that paper. It’s a total joke.
I think I will stop at this store the next time I pass through. :)
How fun!! It’s about 20 minutes away from my new address! We’ll get there this week.
The Roanoke Times is your typical liberal fish wrap.
You live in Callaway? LOL!
Nope. Roanoke-ish. Haven’t gotten to Calloway yet.
I’d like a bunch of those gas-pump stickers...(Features Biden).
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