An Idaho beauty salon is seeing customers “dropping like flies” after its owner called supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic” in a now-viral TikTok.
“Trump basically gave small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful and say s–t like ‘Your body, my choice’ and ‘You won’t have a choice’ and ‘You will bear my child whether you like it or not,” Tiffney Prickett, the owner-operator of Voiage Salon in Coeur d’Alene, said in the video.
“The comments are so gross. The things men say to women are so gross. And I don’t know why more men don’t come to the defense of women. I don’t know why men witness aggression towards women and stand idly by and do nothing. I don’t understand,” the 40-year-old added.
The divorced mother of three suggested that men usually “shrug off” when another man is mistreating a woman.“I don’t understand why more men don’t have the courage to stick up to these small men who think they can do whatever they want and say whatever they want to women. And I’m just f–king sick of it,” the stylist concluded.
It did not take long for the businesswoman in the deep red state to find herself in a hairy situation with many of her patrons.
“So this is me suffering the consequences of my own action. I just had a client send her husband into my salon and demand a refund for gift cards — pre-purchased — because of my stance that if you support a racist, homophobic, misogynist rapist, and you’re OK with those things because you supported them that you are in fact those things,” she explained in a subsequent video.
“And she was so offended by that he said she did not feel comfortable coming to my salon anymore.”
She said that there was no love lost on her end for losing the 15-year client.
“I didn’t want to deal with them anyway because I knew that that whole family were Trump supporters because I’ve been doing her for 15 years, I’ve been to her family functions and family events. She’s given me gifts over the years. She was a very good client,” Prickett said, seeming to realize the depth of her loss as she recounted their past.
“I knew she was a Republican, which I don’t have a problem with you being a Republican. I have a problem with you wanting to strip human rights away from people,” she added.
“I will stand up for human rights and suffer those consequences.”
After the backlash mounted, Prickett responded to comments that she was “wrong” and would “lose her business.”“If I lose my business because … I posted a video that said if you support a racist, misogynist, homophobic, rapist, and you’re OK with it, then you are those things, I guess I lose my business,” she said unapologetically.
In another rant, Prickett responds to someone who suggested she keep an open mind and allow for agreeable political disagreements.Prickett responded simply, “No” and explained that the difference between Trump supporters and herself is not one of “opinion” but of “morals.”In a video from last week, Prickett revealed that she lost even more Trump-supporting clients, saying, “They’re dropping like flies.”
Prickett added for emphasis that she would “rather go work at Chipotle,” than allow Trump supporters to “feel comfortable” in her salon.
Since her tirade went viral, the website for Prickett’s Voiage Salon no longer appears to be active.
