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<snip>By Laurie Loisel Globe Correspondent October 16, 2017
HOLYOKE Business owners in Western Massachusetts apparently associate themselves with the 45th president at their peril.
Just ask Dave Ratner, owner of Daves Soda and Pet City, a small chain of shops selling the unlikely combination of pet supplies, birds, fish, and beverages for humans. Ratner attended President Trumps signing of an executive order authorizing changes to the Affordable Care Act designed to create cheaper and less comprehensive health insurance plans. An Associated Press photograph of the event, with Ratner smiling broadly behind Trump, has come back to haunt him, big time.
It was 42 years of building a wonderful brand and having it destroyed in one day, said Ratner, interviewed Sunday morning after what he terms the worst two days of my life.<snip>
<snip> For some of Daves customers, that explanation is not good enough. Comments on the company website and on social media have been brutal. Some have called him a scumbag or a fool. In an interview with the Globe, Ratner was moved to tears several times.
Ratners Northampton store manager, Shannon Durand, said her shop has been swamped with angry phone calls. Most people, she said, just wanted to yell.<snip>
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/10/16/dave-ratner-posed-for-photo-with-trump-now-facing-boycott/dvovCqgtAw1QF9wTxvlqVN/story.html