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The Daily Signal Podcast

Sticking With Trump: CEO’s Sign Makes a Big Statement in Small-Town America

The Daily Signal Podcast

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Constantino grew up in Amsterdam, New York, at a time when the city was bustling with activity. In the years that followed, however, many of the manufacturing jobs disappeared, leaving its factories empty and its residents without work. Rather than flee upstate New York, Constantino instead co-founded Sticker Mule in 2010. The company makes products ranging from magnets and stickers (hence the name) to buttons and T-shirts. Today, it employs about 1,000 people in the Amsterdam area. And until recently, Sticker Mule was known for its products—not its politics. That changed on the day former President Donald Trump survived an assassin’s bullet. Fed up with the hatred toward Trump, Constantino posted on Sticker Mule’s X account an appeal to “help end the hate.” In that post on the night of July 13, he also declared his support for Trump. "I've been seeing the hate directed at President Trump and his supporters for the last eight years. And I don't like it,” Constantino told The Daily Signal in an interview Friday. “When a bullet hit President Trump, I spoke up, and I've been doing everything I can to try to stop the hate.” Since that fateful night in July, Constantino hasn’t slowed down. This week, he unveiled a massive 100-foot-wide sign atop his Amsterdam factory along the Mohawk River. He spoke with The Daily Signal about the sign—and the controversy that ensued—for a special episode of our podcast. Illuminated in white and red letters, the “Vote for Trump” sign nearly landed Constantino in jail for allegedly violating zoning rules and distracting drivers. “As soon as the local Democrat mayor heard about the excitement and the enthusiasm for the sign, he got a restraining order issued against me, blocking me from displaying the sign under threat of jail time,” Constantino explained. “My lawyer said, Anthony, if you show that sign, you're going to end up in jail. I thought they were joking; they were serious.” A judge’s last-minute order spared him. Monday’s celebration proceeded as planned with thousands of onlookers. Constantino’s new political action committee—Sticker PAC—produced a video casting the controversy as a “fight for free speech.” Even if Constantino’s advocacy for Trump displeases some of Sticker Mule’s customers, the CEO isn’t planning to stay silent when it comes to politics. “I'm very proud of my organization for the way they've handled all this and they've endured all this. They stayed focused on doing exciting things for our customers, exciting things for the business,” he said. “Everyone stuck by my side. We haven't lost a single employee." Constantino told The Daily Signal that he remains motivated to stop the political division in America and bring the country together. He believes Trump is the leader who can do it.

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0:00.0

I built a beautiful sign that the vote for Trump and next thing I know as soon as the

0:11.0

local Democrat mayor heard about the excitement and the enthusiasm for the sign,

0:15.3

he got a restraining order issued against me blocking me from displaying the sign under threat of jail time.

0:22.3

My letter said Anthony, if you show that that sign you're going to end up in jail.

0:25.3

This is the Daily Signal podcast for Saturday October 12th. I'm your host Rob Lewy and we're bringing you a special bonus episode this weekend.

0:35.8

You just heard the words of Anthony Constantino of Amsterdam, New York.

0:39.8

His business, Stickermule, employs about 1,000 local residents and made headlines this week for something

0:45.8

other than making stickers.

0:48.0

Monday night, Constantino unveiled a giant Vote for Trump sign on his factory. He told me why he did it and what he hopes to accomplish.

0:55.9

Here's our interview. Anthony, thanks so much for joining the Daily Signal.

0:59.3

Thanks, pleasure to be here.

1:01.2

Tell us about the situation there in upstate New York.

1:06.5

Bring us up to speed on the sign and your decision to get involved.

1:11.3

For those you that don't know, I come from a small town called Anstin, New York.

1:14.2

It used to be a city, but now it's more like a town.

1:17.1

He's be 30,000 or so people, now it's 15.

1:19.8

When I was a kid, it was packed.

1:21.6

We had a vibrant mall, it's now abandoned packed we had a vibrant mall now abandoned we had a vibrant

1:24.3

downtown that's now abandoned and we had lots of manufacturing buildings that are

1:30.0

now abandoned too over the last 14 years or so I've been able to bring jobs back to

1:35.0

Amsterdam and create nearly 1,000 jobs in Amsterdam, New York, manufacturing jobs, American

1:40.0

manufacturing jobs, get my company. The criminal, which I started 14 years ago,

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