Ben Shapiro ridiculed for video buying plank of protest wood at Home Depot

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ben Shapiro was ridiculed on Twitter after he posted a video of himself buying a plank of wood in support of under fire Home Depot. Mr Shapiro posted an Instagram video encouraging his fans to shop at Home Depot, and came out of one of the company’s stores with just a short plank of wood sticking out of a small plastic bag. “It’s funny to me that Ben Shapiro is such a stupid rich kid trying a fake man of the people act that he went to Home Depot and bough a piece of wood he doesn’t need & bagged it at self-checkout. A Home Depot spokesperson said that the company had “decided that the most appropriate approach for us to take is to continue to underscore our statement that all elections should be accessible, fair and secure and support broad voter participation, and to continue to work to ensure our associates in Georgia and across the country have the information and resources to vote.”