A self-described left-wing DoorDash driver who boasted online that he would trash food orders from supporters of President Donald Trump now says the company has cut ties with him after his videos went viral.
According to WND, the controversy erupted after the X account LibsofTikTok posted a clip of the driver, who uses the TikTok handle esoteric_eriik, threatening to destroy orders from customers who display support for the 45th president. The account then shared a second video in which the same user complained that he had been deactivated by DoorDash, underscoring how quickly public bragging about political discrimination can backfire in the age of social media.
In the first video, posted March 13, the driver openly targeted customers based on their political views, vowing to sabotage deliveries to homes that display pro-Trump messages. He warned that if he saw a MAGA sign in a customers yard, he would not complete the delivery as promised.
Hey there to my Trump supporters, this is your local friendly DoorDasher, and I just wanna let you know that if I see a MAGA sign out front of your house, Im going to take the utmost care to make sure that when I deliver your order, I throw it out the f***ing window, you piece of s**t. F*** you! esoteric_eriik said in the 15-second video. The explicit threat highlighted the growing hostility some on the left feel comfortable expressing toward conservatives, even while performing basic services.
In a follow-up video posted Saturday, the TikTok user said his online rant had real-world consequences. He claimed that attention from right-leaning users on X led directly to his removal from the platform.
So I guess I went viral on alt-right Twitter and these motherf***ers actually got me deactivated from DoorDash, but if you guys DoorDash and youre not MAGA, maybe You should stop because they support, they support MAGA heavily, like, very heavily, esoteric_eriik said in the 59-second video. DoorDash did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation, leaving unanswered whether the company acted under a specific policy or broader concern about customer safety and discrimination.
The DoorDash drivers case is part of a wider pattern of people facing professional fallout for extreme or violent rhetoric online. Cathy DiFilippo Kiley, a payroll administrator at the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board in Ontario, Canada, was after she expressed her hope for Trump to be assassinated.
Similarly, Jeremy P. Williams, who served as the Principal of Rainier Junior-Senior High School in Oregon, was after he made comments about the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk shortly before he was on child pornography charges. Others who lost jobs after making comments that either celebrated, mocked, or justified Kirks assassination on various online social media platforms included MSNBC political analyst and Washington Post columnist .
These incidents underscore a growing reality: when left-wing activists openly call for violence or discrimination against conservatives, employers and the public are increasingly unwilling to look the other way. While free speech remains a core value, using that freedom to threaten political opponentswhether a president, a conservative activist, or an ordinary customer with a MAGA signcan carry serious professional and legal risks.
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