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Ben & Jerry’s July 4 Tweet Goes Off Like a Busted Firework<!-- wp:html --><p>Robert Alexander/Getty</p> <p>Ice cream powerhouse <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmakers-want-to-cancel-ice-cream-after-ben-and-jerrys-fiasco">Ben & Jerry’s</a> blew up the internet on the Fourth of July with a social media post that many critics claimed was contradictory and unpatriotic.</p> <p>On the morning of July 4, Ben & Jerry’s recognized the holiday with a tweet.</p> <p>“This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now,” the company wrote with a link to a blog post on its website.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ben-and-jerrys-july-4-tweet-goes-off-like-a-busted-firework">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Ice cream powerhouse Ben & Jerry’s blew up the internet on the Fourth of July with a social media post that many critics claimed was contradictory and unpatriotic.

On the morning of July 4, Ben & Jerry’s recognized the holiday with a tweet.

“This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now,” the company wrote with a link to a blog post on its website.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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