Smoothie King’s corporate office responded after a worker at a franchise in Ann Arbor, Michigan, refused to serve a customer wearing a Trump hoodie.
The incident went viral after the man’s wife recorded the workers refusing to serve him because of his hoodie.
“That’s discrimination. That is illegal,” said the woman.
But the workers doubled down, saying it is not discrimination to refuse to serve a Trump supporter.
This woman says she and her husband were refused service at a Smoothie King in Michigan because her husband was wearing a Trump hoodie.pic.twitter.com/07Q9OdU6yf
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) March 2, 2026
Smoothie King’s corporate office responded to the uproar on social media. A spokesperson said two of its employees are “no longer” working for the company.
Janiyah Mishelle Williams (pictured up top) is one of the former workers in Ann Arbor.
After going viral, she quickly posted a GoFundMe link hoping to get paid for her on-the-job activism.
In the GoFundMe summary, Janiyah described herself as a “minor” who was being recorded without permission. She claimed she received “hundreds of threats” and the job was not safe to return to.
GoFundMe has since removed her page for violating one of its terms that prohibits discriminating against others.
Janiyah posted videos doubling on her activism, saying that “this is good vs evil, we need to stand up.”
She made it clear that her activism was not about Trump.
“It’s not about Trump, it’s not about Biden. Baby, Israel – Israel is the real issue here, Ok? We all need to just wake up and accept it,” she said in a video on Instagram.
Janiyah Mishelle Williams at Smoothie King, Ann Arbor is NOT a liberal. She was standing up for her uncomfortable co-worker. She explained her stance on TikTok pic.twitter.com/PSehSqhWjp
— unpredictable (@psyopera0) March 2, 2026
