Bakery Gets Anti-Gay Death Threats Over Walz Cookies

The Daily Mail reports:

A Texas baker says she’s gotten death threats after selling a batch of cookies with vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s face on them. Haley Popp put the limited run treats for sale at her bakery The Hive in Flower Mound, which has been in operation since 2018.

She wrote on Instagram: “We only have a few dozen! Order online or come see us!!” While they quickly sold out, what came next was much more negative and for Popp, expected. Popp received bitter messages ranging from slamming her physical appearance to hoping that her bakery “and all the gay people” would burn.

The baker has seen this happen in the past when she was targeted for a series of cookies for LGBTQ Pride Month. Popp, an occasional contestant on Food Network reality programming, says that she’s been told “shut up and bake” and refused.

The New York Post reports:

“We’ve built a business with grit, tenacity, authenticity and one that has a real voice. We stand for something. No one will ever take that from us,” she added. “Save your harassment for someone else. With such hateful rhetoric, we never wanted you in our shop to begin with.”

The bakery shared screenshots of the comments it had received, which ranged from calling Popp “disgusting” to threatening her life. Popp, who describes herself as a “progressive, female business owner,” says she has reported the harassment to the Flower Mound Police Department in the past, but it “persists.”

Popp is posting screenshots of the threats on the bakery’s Facebook page.

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— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) October 3, 2024