An ice-cream brand with a cult following is threatening to stop using FedEx if the shipping company doesn't cut ties with the NRA

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February 27, 2018 3:15 PM

Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream is threatening to stop doing business with FedEx if the company doesn't cut ties with the NRA.

Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream is threatening to stop doing business with

An ice-cream brand with a cult following is threatening to cut ties with FedEx after the shipping company refused to cut ties with the NRA.

@fedex @fedexhelp #teamjeni... @ jenibrittonbauer

Last week, in the wake of the shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead, people on social media began to pressure companies that offer special deals to NRA members to cut ties with the gun-rights organization.

More than a dozen companies, including Hertz, United, and Delta, have cut ties with the NRA in recent days. However, FedEx has said it plans to continue to offer NRA members discounts.

On Monday, FedEx said in a statement that it did not agree with the NRA's gun-policy positions — but that it would continue to offer members of the gun-rights group discounts.

"FedEx opposes assault rifles being in the hands of civilians," the company said in a statement to Business Insider.

As FedEx has stayed loyal to the NRA, the boycott pressure has only increased.

"So how else should we pressure @FedEx to end their relationship with the NRA?" David Hogg, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has since emerged as a leading voice on gun control, tweeted on Monday.

.@FedEx-You chose the NRA o... @ Scott Dworkin

FedEx is sticking with the ... @ Adam Best

.@fedex has chosen to conti... @ snddo#emo# #emo##emo##emo##emo#

Celebrities and well-known personalities includingJoe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Rosie O'Donnell, Billy Eichner, and Zach Braff tweeted over the weekend in support of the effort to boycott FedEx. The company's social-media accounts have been flooded with boycott threats.

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