Home Depot distances itself from DeSantis’ new ‘Deportation Depot’ after play on logo for merch

Florida volition soon person a 2nd detention halfway for radical held arsenic undocumented.

Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled the state’s Baker Correctional Institution, northbound of Gainesville, that’s been closed for respective years now, arsenic Deportation Depot.

Officials accidental capableness volition beryllium 1,300 detainees and it volition beryllium staffed successful portion by the National Guard.

The installation needs aerial conditioning arsenic good arsenic immoderate different repair work.

Deportation Depot’s estimated opening is successful astir 2 weeks with an approximate outgo of astir $6 cardinal to get the installation up and running.

After Thursday’s announcement, the Republican Party of Florida started selling merchandise with the logo “Deportation Depot” -- a play connected the Home Depot logo.

Home Depot told Local 10 News successful a connection that it didn’t o.k. usage of the company’s branding oregon logo, and reached retired to the Republican Party of Florida to resoluteness the matter.

“We don’t let immoderate enactment to usage our branding oregon logo for their commercialized purposes, and we did not o.k. this use. We person reached retired to the RPOF to effort to resoluteness this issue,” the connection read.

As of Monday, the merchandise nary longer appears connected the Republican Party of Florida’s website.

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