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Hashtag Demanding A ‘Boycott’ of Jimmy John’s Blows Up On Twitter After Old Photo Of Owner Posing With Dead Elephant Makes Rounds

Frank Camp
Hashtag Demanding A ‘Boycott’ of Jimmy John’s Blows Up On Twitter After Old Photo Of Owner Posing With Dead Elephant Makes Rounds
A logo of the sandwich restaurant chain, specializing in delivery Jimmy John’s hangs outside one of their shops in downtown Washington, DC, June 9, 2016

On Friday, the hashtag #BoycottJimmyJohns was trending on Twitter after actor Mark Hamill and several others retweeted a post from user @yossarian317 featuring an old photograph of Jimmy John’s sandwich company owner Jimmy John Liautaud posing with a dead elephant:

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