#Otter Pops faces backlash after walking back offer to donate to BLM protesters

Otter Pops, the classic summer snack, was hit with demands to boycott the brand after it backed out of an offer to donate the popsicles to protesters in support of the Black Lives Movement.

The conflict popped up after a disabled Air Force veteran on Monday tweeted at the firm, asking if it backs the movement and would give him some of the treats to hand out to protesters amid a heatwave in the city, according to the Willamette Week.

Otter Pops’ Twitter account quickly responded, “We 100% do. Send us a DM and we will see how we can help!”

But the next day the comment was deleted and the brand walked back its offer, saying an outside social media consultant hadn’t been authorized to get “political.”

“We regret that an individual consultant hired by Otter Pops recently commented on a social media post that appeared to align the brand with a political movement. We apologize if anyone was offended by that comment, which was not representative of our brand,” the company tweeted in a statement.

Some protesters were furious over the reneged-on offer — saying the ice pop brand doesn’t deserve a lick of support from shoppers.

“This will not bode well for you. I’ve been eating Otter Pops since I was a little kid. Fed them to my kid. No more,” one protester fumed on Twitter.

Other Black Lives Matter supporters used the hashtag #boycottotterpops to urge folks not to buy them.

“When I get home from this beach trip. I’m gonna kick off my shoes. Turn on the AC. And throw a box of @OtterPops in the trash,” another critic wrote.

The disabled vet, known only as D.C., now thinks the company reneged on its offer due to a conservative journalist, Andy Ngo, who tweeted that the company was “offering to donate ice pops to the Portland antifa rioters,” he told the outlet.

In a statement to Willamette Week, the company said its response “was not a reaction to complaints or tweets from outside parties, it was made because Otter Pops does not align with any political group or organization.”

“Otter Pops supports the rights and freedoms granted to Americans,” it added. “Our core mission is to serve children and families.”

Protests over police brutality and the police killing of George Floyd have been underway in Portland for 84 consecutive days.