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New Cracker Barrel Logo Sparks Right-Wing Backlash—From Trump Jr. And More

MAGA erupts over Cracker Barrel logo change, and stock plunges

Right-Winger, Others Call Out 'Woke' New Change To Cracker Barrel's Peg Game

The goal of the game is to whittle down the number of pegs on the board to one through a series of “jumping” pegs, not unlike checkers. Previously, directions on the game explained that people who have only one peg left on the board are geniuses, while people with two pegs left are “pretty smart.” However, if you leave three pegs, the game considers you “dumb,” while anyone who leaves four pegs is an “EG-NO-RA-MOOOSE.”

That was the old game. New peg games have removed the playful insults and instead say, “leave three or more ― no reason to be embarrassed. Try again.”

Sean Davis, the CEO of The Federalist: Cracker Barrel didn’t just destroy its logo and restaurant vibe. It also changed the peg game to make dumb people feel better when they do poorly.

Until October 2017, The Federalist had a "black crime" tag, which aggregated articles related to criminal activity by African Americans

Christian College’s Hot Take On Cracker Barrel Has People Saying, ‘Huh?’

Hillsdale College in Michigan: A post on its official account on X (formerly Twitter) likened the updated logo to a vandalized statue of President George Washington that was defaced during the 2020 protests over the police killing of George Floyd.

MAGA Rep Drags Jesus Christ Into ‘Woke’ Cracker Barrel Meltdown

Congressman Byron Donalds slammed the restaurant chain for daring to rebrand after he had a religious experience in one of its Florida parking lots: “In college, I worked at @CrackerBarrel in Tallahassee,” the Florida Republican wrote on X, “I even gave my life to Christ in their parking lot. Their logo was iconic and their unique restaurants were a fixture of American culture. No one asked for this woke rebrand.”

‘Cracker barrel goes woke’: CEO under MAGA fire for changing logo first time in 48 years,

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