Papa John's Apologizes for Founder's NFL Remarks
By Rob Quinn
November 15, 2017
Papa John's Pizza has walked back founder and CEO John Schnatter's claim that NFL player protests are behind falling pizza sales.
In a series of tweetsTuesday, the chain apologized to anyone who found the remarks "divisive," and said it was open to ideas from all, except neo-Nazis, USA Today reports.
Days after Schnatter's controversial remarks, the white supremacist Daily Stormer site claimed Papa John's as the "official pizza of the alt-right," reports the Louisville Courier-Journal. "We believe in the right to protest inequality and support the players’ movement to create a new platform for change," Papa John's tweeted Tuesday.
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