Patagonia sparked controversy by hiding the phrase 'Vote the a**holes out' on a tag inside its latest line of shorts. Byers said the phrase has been a favorite of Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard for years, adding that it was not explicitly directed at Trump. Meanwhile other users panned the tags as a marketing ploy and vowed to boycott the brand. In 2017, the company sued President Trump after he moved to reduce the size of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by two million acres. And in 2018, Patagonia donated $10million it received in tax cuts to environmental programs that increase climate change awareness.

Source: Daily Mail September 16, 2020 21:05 UTC