Texas police backpedal after gift certificate from ‘Christian Nationalist' phone company criticized

A donation of pizzas to a Texas police department triggered an online backlash that caused the cops to 'take a knee' instead, the firm offering the...

January 20, 2023
1:44 AM

A donation of pizzas to a Texas police department triggered an online backlash that caused the cops to 'take a knee' instead, the firm offering the gift said Tuesday. Last Thursday, Patriot Mobile, a wireless phone company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, that calls itself 'America's only Christian conservative wireless provider,' presented a $1,500 gift certificate to the city's cops, a move the department initially lauded on social media. 'Sincere thanks to our friends at Patriot Mobile,' a Twitter post from the department read.

Mark A. Kellner