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On 17 November 2016, web site Truthfeed published an article claiming that Celebrity Cruise Lines had released an ad attacking Trump supporters, saying that they were no longer welcome on its cruises. The site called upon its readers to boycott the company and linked to a video created by MightyBuster Brown: While second half of the video displayed here does show a real advertisement from Celebrity Cruises, the text overlays at the start of the video stating that Trump supporters are not smart or liberal enough to enjoy Celebrity Cruises were not created by the company. MightyBuster Brown made note of this on the video's YouTube page: The real advertisement (below) does not include Trump's name, nor does it mention his supporters: Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, president and chief executive officer of Celebrity Cruises, said in September 2016 that the ad was in response to the rhetoric around the world, and not specifically the Trump campaign. Lutoff-Perlo also wrote in a blog post on Medium.com that she was surprised that people saw the ad's message (that travel and experiencing different cultures is a good thing) as a political statement:
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