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.”
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.
Another user shared details after driving by her business earlier in the day.
