CA Starbucks Reportedly Blacklists Charlie Kirk’s Name in Political Double Standard
“We can’t do political names.”
A viral clip allegedly shows a Starbucks employee in Yucaipa, California, refusing to write “Charlie Kirk” on a customer’s drink order, calling it “political.”
Starbucks programmed their printers to not print the name Charlie Kirk
Americans are ordering Charlie Kirk’s favorite Starbucks drink in his honor
🚨 The Starbucks employee CONFIRMS their system has been programmed to ban the name Charlie Kirk (WOW) “The sticker won’t print” pic.twitter.com/hEw7y1JchF
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In the short exchange, the customer orders a grande mint Majesty with “two honeys” and gives the name “Charlie Kirk.” The employee replies:
“We can’t do political names.”
When pressed, the worker insists:
“I could write Charlie. …
Why can’t you write the whole name?
Because it’s political.”
The stunned customer ultimately cancels the order.
Since Kirk’s assassination last week, many supporters have reportedly been ordering his favorite drink in his memory. What should have been a simple tribute has now turned into yet another controversy.
Critics were quick to point out the double standard. As one user reminded, Starbucks previously reversed its stance and allowed employees to wear Black Lives Matter apparel, yet now Kirk’s name is apparently “too political” for a cup.
Don’t let them tell you it’s “political”. pic.twitter.com/leF1Fkst9h
— Yard Dog 🦴 (@RandomHeroWX) September 16, 2025
The incident comes on the heels of other troubling stories tied to Kirk’s death. Legal Insurrection readers will recall that we reported that Charlie Kirk’s killer was shielded by a false confession from a man who tried to mislead police. At the same time, Rep. Ilhan Omar chose to smear Kirk and his supporters instead of condemning political violence. And we also highlighted vandals across Seattle who graffitied a local college campus in the chaos in the immediate aftermath.
From attempts to tarnish his name to now allegedly banning it from a coffee cup, the backlash against Kirk’s memory shows no sign of slowing.
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Charlie may have been a fan of Starbucks but they KNOW who their clients truly are…… It is more than a business decision.
I go to Starbucks about three or four times a month. In all the years I’ve gone to Starbucks in locations all over the United States, I’ve never had a barista get political with me or want to give me a lecture on race or any of that other sort of nonsense. The most I get on my cups in addition to the sticker is there might be a little cartoon figure of a bear, or a smiley face.
The reason for the bear image is because on their automatic system the name I have on there is “Bear”. In a busy Starbucks there might be several David’s.
We’re looking at a decision made in one location in an obviously deep blue state. I know more pointing the Starbucks about this incident than any other chain that I might possibly go to. I think a lot of people are barking up the wrong tree. I’m more concerned about what the barista did than what they do as a company.
The little Karen got her marching orders from above
Starbucks is a left winged , bad tasting , overpriced fluid
So not only are you throwing your money away, your supporting the people that hate YOU
“ The little Karen got her marching orders from above”
Prove it.
Really?
I think your just being silly now
“Starbucks programmed their printers to not print the name Charlie Kirk”
If this can be verified, it’s proof.
(World class hacker Karens don’t pull java at Starbucks.)
Henry: If it can be proven. And, I am betting the price of a good café mocha (from Peets or Seattles Beast if you want) that there is no such proof.
If they can’t enter the name in their computer, that’s not something they would allow an individual store to program in a nationwide store computer network.
Enough proof for me.
The stupidity of these people never ceases to amaze me. Even if they don’t like Trump, or Kirk, or whoever, this sort of nonsense just aggravates a chunk of your custom either because they like Mr Kirk, or they don’t approve of political violence.
Starbucks is pretty much the worst coffee there is. Terrible, bitter awful coffee.
Their retarded, nasty politics is bad enough but their coffee is really terrible.
And people stand in line to pay too much for it.
Which is one reason it never got anywhere in Israel. People here won’t pay those kind of prices or waste money on bad coffee.
And then ironically they get accused of antisemitism for not being in Israel. They wanted to be there, but the Israeli consumers weren’t interested.
They do exist in Australia, but only in areas with lots of tourists, because those are the only ones interested in them.
Not me
I prefer a less acidic dark roast so their coffee doesn’t bother me.
I prefer Tweak Coffee — a simpler coffee, for a simpler America.
HOT TAKE: Both Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonalds serve better coffee than Starbucks (and I love coffee).
McDonald’s in Dunkin’ donuts have an espresso machine?
Yes, where have you been? Both companies sell a variety of expresso and expresso-based drinks and have for years. Someone might say, ‘well yes, but most of those drinks are sugary, cold-expresso drinks.’ And to that, I would say, ‘Have you seen Starbucks market reports recently?’ 75% of Starbucks total sales are COLD drinks. They take a shot of express, pack it with sugar, cream, more sugar, pumpkin spice or whatever girlish drink flavor is en vogue today and top it with whipped cream and shaved chocolate. Those drinks are indistinguishable for McFrappe and whatever comparable drinks Dunkin’ Donuts sells.
Try Cafe Bustelo.
McDonald’s is blasting hot ( as we all know)
And cheap
If you want to get a quick drink, McDonalds is both better and cheaper than starbucks.
If it weren’t for double standards, they would have no standards at all.
This is not being done entirely by incel randos with worse-than-useless degrees in Gender Studies and the like. Communist politicians and their media bootlickers are openly laying the groundwork for genocide of “racists”. The killings will start – have already started, in fact – by these same randos who will enjoy fawning media adulation and (increasingly) legal protection.
Here is the latest example of the judicial system being twisted in favor of the terrorists. There was always a non-zero chance of Luigi Mangione getting off scot-free, but that just increased exponentially.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/luigis-leftists-cheer-as-judge-throws-out-terror-charges/
true
b/c the left is fighting for keeps
The Democrat candidate for AG in Ohio celebrated the assassination. It’s not the “fringe” of the Democrats who want to murder.
Not that he had a chance in hell of getting my vote, but thanks for pointing that out. I took a deeper dive. That guy’s not fit for street cleaner.
A candidate, not the candidate. There are at least two candidates for the Dem nomination, with a third (the awful Steve Dettelbach) considering a run.
The same Dettelbach that ran the BATF?
Yes, the very same.
Because starbucks lgbt trannie employees complained?
CK wasn’t a politician. Pretentious overpriced bitter water company simply hates Christians. It’s the only explanation.
Charlie Krik
The same way that Hitler hid out in South America under the name Hilter.
“…. the customer orders a grande mint Majesty with “two honeys” … ”
Eight hundred calories (and probably $10) later, this customer quietly wonders how she will lose that extra 10 pounds, and plans how to ask for a raise as her current salary barely covers her expenses.
I haven’t been in a Starbucks in years, not since they did their no-guns virtue signalling. Gas station coffee is better.
they are the ben and jerrys of their world
Good analogy
speaking of hating christians
following up on illness omars rant about christians the other day
the mayor of dearborn ( how soon until they change that name?)mi,, told a christian citizen of that city…he was personally not welcomed b/c that citizen didnt like that the city/county is honoring a soldier of their army
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dearborns-muslim-mayor-tells-christian-hes-not-welcome-debate-honoring-pro-terror-arab-leader
Surrounding communities should start naming streets for Charles Martel and figures from the Crusade. Jan Sobieski. Hell, Vlad Tepes.
ok go in and ask for this order:
I want coffee but add white milk b/c that makes it better
more lefty heads explode and no pagers needed
we pray for peace!
Well, I’ve found something in which Charlie and I disagree.
Starbucks is *awful*. I am a person who drinks coffee all day long but if Starbucks is the only choice at hand, I’ll go without.
And it’s not surprising in the least that they’d be political about someone that wasn’t a politician.
Nobody likes Starbuck’s coffee. They burn it on purpose so people will order expensive syrups and creams to mask the rancid taste. Going to Starbucks is just an installment plan for losers to get a taste of supposed sophistication.
yeah
I think thats in their next ad campaign
The Bear likes them
I don’t know on this one. I could see the usual suspects doing this as a joke and being in quite poor taste.
OTOH, what if you identify as Charlie Kirk? (or what if your actual name is Charles Kirk)
Who are they to tell you what your identity should be?? Isn’t that a lefty no no?
YHS is a coffee addict. As in plain coffee, black and strong. I have been drinking coffee since junior high and that was well over a half century ago. Admittedly, I have had to cut back for medical reasons, but still drink coffee.
I have never been a Starbucks customer because I like plain coffee, black and strong, and not frou-frou concoctions. Then I encountered their politics. My decision to not patronize them is reinforced.
Subotai Bahadur
Come on — if you don’t know who Starbucks “is” by now, you’re in the icebox with Philip J. Fry.
After 20+ years in the Army, I pretty much stick with just plain black coffee, without syrups, mint, pumpkin spice or any other flavorings. If you want all that stuff in your coffee and you’re willing to pay extra for it, you’re the one drinking it, so you go right ahead.
All the Starbies I’ve ever had has tasted like their coffee maker hadn’t been cleaned…ever. Add all their corporate political B.S. and virtue signaling and I simply decline to give them my business. I won’t even buy gift cards to give people at Christmas.
I’ll stay home and drink my plain black coffee made in my Keurig machine, using inexpensive bagged ground coffee I buy at Menard’s (because it’s cheap, but still good), that I put in refillable K-pods I bought on Amazon. Each cup costs about 20 cents.
Is there any evidence of this going above a local employee in California?
I may have a better answer sometime tomorrow. The family member who is a long-time SB barista is unavailable (3 AM shift).
Thank you
She says that she’s gotten no such orders from above, and nobody’s asked for that name so if the machines are rejecting it, she wouldn’t know. She’s been there over a decade, so she’d be in line to know about it.
Now, this could be a California thing only, I wouldn’t put that past those folks.
I am a coffee drinker and have been for the last 60-odd years. I can’t stand Starbucks “burned” taste but like coffee black and robust.
The best coffee I’ve found was in a Navy mess. I asked what the secret was, and the cook said, “We let it steep overnight.” I’m still not sure if he was pulling my leg or not.
What if you gave the name Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Think the barista would have found both [gotta be both] political? If one is and one isn’t, she’s making shit up.
Please.
People love Starbucks coffee.
They’re not going there because of the politics.
They’re going because the coffee is good.
How good?
So good that Starbucks has opened stores across the street from each other and still turned a profit.
You may not like it. That’s fine –but you’re an outlier.
The left exists by lying to itself constantly. Let’s not emulate them.
Evidence first.
The Rancid Left and those who support them are identifying themselves for us all to see. Believe them.
The rot will not be cured until they all are defeated.