Lone Oak's, a pub in Charlottetown, P.E.I. has pulled photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from its social media accounts after getting a barrage of hate-filled comments and phone calls.
While at the pub, owners, staff and customers had their photos taken with the prime minister. The pub later posted those photos on its social media platforms.
"So within a few hours, we had thousands of comments, we were getting hundreds of private messages, we are now getting phone calls to the brewery and all of these comments are extremely negative, vulgar, there is a lot of profanity being used, sexualizing our staff," Murphy said in an interview outside the pub.
"This, of course, seemed to have backfired to a certain extent but I'm confident that Islanders will rally around this business and that most of the people that are offering this abuse aren't from here."Malpeque MP Heath MacDonald said the goal of the prime minister's visit to the pub was to help out a small business.
Back at the pub, Murphy said the negative comments haven't had a major impact on his business, yet. He said a handful of people who say they supported the pub in the past, told him they won't be back.'It's kind of counterintuitive' "And that could have a negative impact on our business, which is really quite disappointing to see," said Murphy, adding that P.E.I. is a popular tourist destination and many tourists use those ratings to decide where to go.
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