Rouses responds after social backlash to photo of retired owner at Trump rally at Nation s Capitol
A statement from Donald Rouse Sr. said he attended the rally and supports the president but was shocked and condemns the actions that happened afterward. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 6:25 PM CST January 7, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Rouses, a local grocery chain, scrambled to handle an avalanche of social media anger after a social media post that seemed to show support for the Washington, D.C. rally that turned into an attack on the Capitol.
Rouses’ social media pages were slammed with #boycott messages and comments calling them traitors and using words like sedition and insurrection.