Overview

• The Republican Party of Florida removed caps, shirts, mugs and other items with a design resembling Home Depot’s orange-box branding after the retailer objected.
• Home Depot stated it did not approve the use of its branding for commercial purposes and said it contacted the party to resolve the issue.
• The Florida GOP defended the designs as parodic political speech and said lawyers had cleared the limited-run products.
• The merchandise had been offered for roughly $15 to $28 with purchases counted as political contributions, according to local reporting.
• The merch referenced Gov. Ron DeSantis’s planned ‘Deportation Depot’ detention site at Baker Correctional Institution, which he says will hold about 1,300 people, and at least one Instagram promotion was taken down shortly after media inquiries.