Flush with energy and political activism in response to President Trump’s Muslim immigration ban this weekend, social media users turned on ride-sharing service Uber for its support of the president.

When protests erupted at New York City’s JFK airport Saturday evening over an executive order signed by the President that temporarily halted immigration from seven predominantly Islamic countries, and established preferential treatment for refugees seeking asylum who identify with “minority religions” in their country of origin, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance tweeted out that there would be a temporary strike to stand in solidarity with those affected by the ban.

NO PICKUPS @ JFK Airport 6 PM to 7 PM today. Drivers stand in solidarity with thousands protesting inhumane & unconstitutional #MuslimBan.

— NY Taxi Workers (@NYTWA) January 28, 2017

Uber quickly seized on the opportunity by tweeting out that surge pricing would be temporarily turned off in order to capture the market share of stranded travelers.

Surge pricing has been turned off at #JFK Airport. This may result in longer wait times. Please be patient.

— Uber NYC (@Uber_NYC) January 29, 2017

Journalist Dan O’Sullivan saw the Uber tweet and immediately called out Uber for exploiting the situation and breaking the taxi strike.

congrats to @Uber_NYC on breaking a strike to profit off of refugees being consigned to Hell. eat shit and die https://t.co/19gbpIc9m9

— HUNTER S. FAILSON (@Bro_Pair) January 29, 2017

O’Sullivan continued tweeting against Uber, pointing out that Uber CEO Tarvis Kalanick supports President Trump, and began encouraging his followers to delete their account with the company as well as the app from their mobile devices. He promised to retweet anyone who took a screenshot of themselves sending Uber a request to delete their account. It was not long until the hashtag #deleteUber was trending.

don’t just delete the app, delete your account, and tell those fuckers why, then send me a screencap, I’ll RT #deleteUber

— HUNTER S. FAILSON (@Bro_Pair) January 29, 2017

Later in the evening, Uber responded on Twitter saying it did not intend to end the strike by getting rid of surge pricing. Uber stated it simply wanted to be paid to do the work of striking taxi drivers.

Last tweet not meant to break strike. Our CEO’s statement opposing travel ban and compensating those impacted: https://t.co/joWvPvux9J

— Uber NYC (@Uber_NYC) January 29, 2017

Uber has also announced it will compensate drivers stuck overseas due to the ban, and set up a $3 million legal defense fund to help drivers get back into the U.S.

Seizing on the opportunity and noticing many #deleteUber tweets referencing them, Uber competitor Lyft announced it was donating $1 million to the ACLU, which is leading the charge against the Muslim ban arguing it is unconstitutional.

#deleteUber began gaining even more momentum on Sunday as influential Twitter account George Takei tweeted in support of deleting the app.

Lyft donates $1mil to ACLU while Uber doubles down on its support for Trump. #DeleteUber

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 29, 2017

People considering deleting Uber looking for alternatives can use Lyft as well as several other ride sharing services depending on their availability in their area.

If you prefer to patronize a unionized and regulated taxi service, you can download the Arro app which will hail a licensed taxi cab.

One takeaway from this weekend and the #deleteUber movement is that activists and protesters are not just going after politicians, but companies believed to support policies they disagree with.

Dan Webb, Political Correspondent for Lima Charlie News.

Dan Webb is a former U.S. Air Force Airborne Systems Engineer on the RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft. He completed three deployments to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom totaling over 1200 combat flight hours. He currently works as a software engineer for an Omaha based marketing agency. Previously he worked for the Office of Military and Veteran Services at the University of Nebraska Omaha where, as a student, he received his B.S. in Political Science with a minor in Economics. Dan’s interests include domestic economic policy, veteran’s issues, and national security. Follow Dan on Twitter @DanWebbLC & listen to Dan every week on the Horse Race political podcast.

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