There's a lot in the world one could be angry at right now, but Fox News's Dan Bongino is beyond outraged about one thing in particular: a Rhode Island donut store that is no longer offering a discount to police.
The Rhode Island donut shop stopped issuing the discount in solidarity with protestors advocating for racial equality around the nation.
Appearing with Fox & Friends on the morning of June 8, Bongino couldn't believe the injustice of denying these police officers their discounts.
You can watch the clip here:
Fox's Dan Bongino compares racism to stereotyping police officers with donuts: "What I don't understand is by trying to face down racial inequality and stereotyping, you're stereotyping the cops?" pic.twitter.com/bieUZlZlUs
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) June 8, 2020
Quick as a lightning bolt, Twitter turned Bongino's rant into a top-quality meme.
rhode island has fallen pic.twitter.com/yqnfgZMJKC
— jordan (@JordanUhl) June 8, 2020
Of course, Bongino had something to say about that.
Fox News contributor Dan Bongino got meme'd after getting angry about donuts. So I reached out to him to see what he thought about the memes online. He called me "Bob" and told the Daily Dot: "We don't need to own the libs anymore, they own themselves." https://t.co/4E50Fgv8Uz
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) June 8, 2020
After going to print, Bongino, in part emailed me: "Please try to grow some dignity, they may have medication for that."
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) June 8, 2020
Fox & Friends would like to speak to the manager. https://t.co/vDlweU6rnr
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 8, 2020
But the memes continued without much care for what Bongino thought fo them.
Dan Bongino is more upset about cops losing their donut discount than he is about George Floyd or Breonna Taylor. https://t.co/a1aeyGw4K4
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) June 8, 2020
And you'll die from brain hemorrhaging if cops don't get their donut discount pic.twitter.com/ZX4RuWnyAq
— A¢AB Rocky (@drashtoe) June 8, 2020
#DanBongino blocked me a long time ago, which is a shame because I can't let him know how I am crying laughing at the idea that he's probably going to rage-devour a dozen donuts & throw a dumbbell through his wall tonight for his evening workout 😂😂😂 https://t.co/9BpR2TCDWq
— Cthulu's Alarm Clock (@CthulhusAlarm) June 8, 2020
Many people online seemed somewhat disturbed that anyone would care about a local donut discount more than police brutality.
Listening to Bongino talk about the “morally and ethically upstanding thing to do," is giving me diarrhea.
— Ruven Bellekoop (@vellkoo) June 8, 2020
I know this is saying a lot for people who appear on that show... but he's really, really dumb.
— Fryeburg Fry (@FryeburgFry) June 8, 2020
“To help us better understand the tumult the Nation is facing, let's go now to a dirt clod in the studio.."
— Free Reality Winner (@Michael17531326) June 8, 2020
Who knows what pastry-based outrage Bongino will encounter next?
Must be all those stories about cops being beaten to death for *checks notes* eating donuts.
— London Lofty (@lofty_london) June 8, 2020
If they didn't have faux outrage, they'd have nothing at all.
— Harlan Coben (@HarlanCoben) June 8, 2020
There were some who felt this entire situation felt eerily familiar.
Reminds me of when Republicans were furious Delta was ending their NRA discount. Some saw it as unconstitutional and wanted to pass laws requiring it.
— The Left-Wing Felt Puppet (@LeftyPuppetMan) June 8, 2020
They love the invisible hand of the market until it hurts their feelings.
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) June 8, 2020
Despite Bongino's pleas, it's likely donut shops will remain autonomous in their discounts for the forseeable future.
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