Amazon Says They're Working to Remove 'Joe and the Hoe' T-Shirts After Outcry

A mazon tells Newsweek they are working to remove T-shirts featuring an offensive "Joe and the Hoe" slogan that are still available to purchase on the site, despite the company saying that they would be removed following a backlash yesterday.

As Newsweek reported on Tuesday, Amazon faced outrage from customers when T-shirts referring to presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris as "Joe and the Hoe" appeared on the website.

Amazon told Newsweek in a statement on Tuesday that the T-shirts—that were listed by third-party sellers—would be taken down: "All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action including potential removal of their account. The products in question have been removed."

 

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) arrive to deliver remarks at the Alexis Dupont High School on August 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. T-shirts with offensive slogans referring to Biden and Harris are selling on Amazon despite the company saying that they have been removed.