Big Apple Pizza owner Scott Van Duzer was in the news for bear hugging President Obama during an unannounced stop on his campaign trail in Florida on Sunday, never thinking of the backlash.

Like any business owner Duzer subscribes to social media platforms to reach customers, like Yelp, which allows it's users to post recommendations & reviews. Once the picture of him hugging the President went viral his business profile was hit with over 2,000 new reviews and several one star ratings from politically charged individuals.

Yelp later deleted many of the reviews because they had nothing to do with the quality of their pizza, some even calling Duzer a Traitor, because he's a self proclaimed registered Republican, but voted for Obama in 08' and plans to vote for him again.

And if social media attacks weren't enough, many are now boycotting his store. In comparison I didn't hear anything about the owner of the Little Cesar's Pizza after workers posed for the photo above.

I was shocked when I first read this story and honestly not because he was going to vote for Obama but because he was allowed to hug & pick up the President! Apparently when asked by reporters what Secret Service thought of all this, Duzer responded, "He said I was all right as long as I didn't take him away."

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