Last week Rep Joaquin Castro encouraged people to boycott local businesses who donate to Trump.
It turns out his plan didn't work.
Rep. Joaquin Castro’s (D-TX) decision to publish a list of people who have donated to President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has backfired in the case of some on the list.
One of those businesses is Bill Miller Bar-B-Q in San Antonio.
“It seems Castro may have unintentionally advertised for the business because people claiming to be locals are reporting lines of people looking to support it stretching long and far,” BizPac Review reported.
The food writer at the San Antonio Express-News also reported on the newfound fame of the already popular barbecue restaurant:
We are now officially in the age when barbecue is no longer safe from the bureaucrats — not even a San Antonio institution like Bill Miller Bar-B-Q. And I say the state needs to be separate from the church of smoke.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott came to the immediate defense of Miller, posting a photo on Twitter of a barbecue plate and stating: “Perfect night for @BillMillerBarBQ.”
But long before Trump’s presidency and Castro’s ploy, the barbecue empire that started as one restaurant in 1950 and expanded to 70 restaurants in San Antonio “and beyond” has been successful and will continue to be, the Express-News reported.