'Pro-Satan?’ GOP strategist stuns CNN panel after blurting out Target stores accusation

GOP strategist Kristin Davison stunned a CNN panel Saturday after blurting out a bizarre and debunked claim regarding merchandise carried at the retail store franchise Target.

The discussion on CNN’s “Table for Five” Saturday centered around Target’s latest quarterly earnings report, which showed the franchise taking a 42% nosedive in share value. The retailer’s poor performance comes in the wake of the 2023 conservative backlash against the chain for its initiatives on diversity, equity and inclusion, which the company started rolling back in response earlier this year.

“Target thumbed their nose at their customer base, and they are paying a business price for that, to try to align themselves with the political whims of the moment, and that seems like a bad decision from a capitalist's perspective,” said Abby Phillip, host of the “Table for Five” panel.

It was then that Davison laid the blame on target, specifically singling out a supposed line of products they carried.

“Well, it was probably also a bad decision when they went the other way,” Davison said. “I haven't shopped at Target since May 2023 because they had, frankly, evil things; pro-Satan, pro-everything.”

“Pro-Satan?” other members of the panel collectively said in response.

“A T-shirt, images, it was images,” Davison said.

Davison was likely referring to Target having partnered with the designer Abprallen for its 2023 Pride collection. While the designed had marketed a product that bears the phrase “Satan respects pronouns” on his own shop, Target never carried any products designed by Abprallen that made reference to Satan, or any products referencing Satan.

Following backlash, Target also ended its partnership with Abprallen, and no longer sold their products in its stores.

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