An Idaho beauty salon is facing a sharp decline in customers after its owner made viral comments on TikTok criticizing supporters of President-elect Donald Trump as “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic” and telling them she didn’t want their business.
The message was received.
Tiffney Prickett, the owner of Voiage Salon in Coeur d’Alene, said the Republican had given “small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful.” She pondered why more men “don’t have the courage” to stand up against “these small men who think they can do whatever they want and say whatever they want to women these small men who think they can do whatever they want and say whatever they want to women.”
Sadly for Prickett, her salon is situated in a deeply conservative part of Idaho – something she addressed in a follow-up video.
“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 said. “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.”
FAFO!
After the election, a small business cosmetologist in North Idaho stated that white women who voted for Trump are “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic.” When she started losing clients, she said she would rather give up her business and work at Chipotle than have… pic.twitter.com/0NNlW79X7d
— I Meme Therefore I Am(@ImMeme0) November 29, 2024
She doubled down on her stance, adding that her clients were “dropping like flies”, but would “rather go work at Chipotle” than permit Trump supporters in her salon – which seems increasingly likely.
Her website has since been deactivated.
The tirade attracted heavy criticism on social media, particularly given that Prickett benefitted from a $4,984 PPP loan from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This video really raised some eyebrows.
— FullBreed
(@breed_full) December 2, 2024
Another user shared details after driving by her business earlier in the day.
Your freedom to speak but others freedom to choose. When I ran a business I never took political sides.
I have a gun business and have a sign posted inviting Democrat voters NOT TO BUY A GUN.
Well, given that Republican woman are more likely to own firearms than Democrat men, that’s just good marketing.
Actions have consequences. Hope she goes broke.
I’m curious what she thought would happen? Actions have consequences.
She can now proudly join the “go woke, go broke” crowd.
I taught my children that just because you CAN say something does not mean you SHOULD say something.
Looks like she is getting her wish. No more Trump supporters as clients. lol
What an idiot, she thought conservative women don’t get haircuts?
If you voted for Harris, it proves that you WANT women and children violently raped and killed by illegal immigrants, because you vote for the anti-American horror-shows that usher them in. My assessment makes a lot more sense than hers.
You reap what you sow. Another snowflake that let wokeness trump common sense.