'Just stop using them': Youngkin takes stand against Eventbrite after company cites woke excuse for canceling Riley Gaines event

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) announced Monday that he will no longer use Eventbrite after the company removed an event listing for women's rights advocate Riley Gaines.

What is the background?

Gaines will visit the University of California-Davis next week to speak on the important issue of "protecting women's sports." Innocent enough, right? Wrong.

Eventbrite — the live-event management company the host used to sell tickets for the event — removed the listing last week on grounds that the event violated the company's terms of service.

"Specifically, we do not allow content or events that — through on- or off-platform activity — discriminate against, harass, disparage, threaten, incite violence against, or otherwise target individuals or groups based on their actual or perceived race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, immigration status, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, or disability," the company said in a notice.

What did Youngkin say?

The Virginia governor is boycotting Eventbrite, according to a notice, because of its decision to "kick Riley Gaines off their website while continuing to list pro-Hamas events."

"The fact that, first of all, Eventbrite continues to carry events around Hamas is unbelievable. But then, on top of that, to proactively terminate an agreement with Riley is beyond belief," Youngkin explained on Monday. "And to say that they are trying to protect some group and not the other, I think, results in the kind of action that I've taken.

"As governor, I've told our political committee that we will no longer use Eventbrite and the governor's office is no longer using Eventbrite," he continued. "And I would ask your listeners: Do not respond or RSVP to an invitation from Eventbrite. Just stop using them."

Eventbrite later deleted the listings for events that were allegedly "pro-Hamas," OutKick reported.

While Eventbrite has not publicly spoken about the controversy involving Gaines, Kevin Hartz, chairman of Eventbrite's board of directors, dismissed the criticism.

"I am the Co-Founder and Chairman of Eventbrite and to accuse Eventbrite of being Pro-Hamas is egregious and moronic," he said. "How could you make an unsubstantiated slander that I support these genocidal maniacs? Please go f*** yourself! (The last comment represents the individual views of Kevin and not that of Eventbrite, etc, etc)."

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