Overview
- Minocqua Brewing Company wrote on Facebook that it “almost got #freebeerday” Saturday after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting that briefly disrupted President Donald Trump’s appearance.
- Republicans condemned the post, and the Wisconsin Democratic Party called it completely unacceptable and urged an immediate retraction, with Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke also denouncing the rhetoric.
- A Townhall reporter said Facebook reviewed a complaint about the post and replied that it did not violate the platform’s community standards.
- The brewery is owned by Democrat Kirk Bangstad, who founded a Super PAC and previously promoted a promise of free beer the day Trump dies while selling politically themed merchandise tied to that message.
- The attention on the post has revived reporting on Bangstad’s Super PAC fundraising and past legal disputes, and no new legal action tied to the post has been reported.