“The goal,” Ms. Coulter said, “came originally from a place of really wanting to shop the stores we loved again with a clear conscience.”<br />It’s been a wild ride these past few months for Ms. Coulter, who runs her shoestring movement from her home, or from cheerfully decorated work spaces like this one — surrounded by bright-blue furniture, clam chairs and decorative pillows<br />that feel more Silicon Valley than anti-administration war room.<br />“I attribute it directly to the Muslim ban,” Ms. Coulter said, referring to the executive order on immigration that Mr. Trump issued on Jan. 27.<br />The Anti-Trump Activist Taking On Retailers -<br />SAN FRANCISCO — Sitting in a basement office that she rents by the hour, Shannon Coulter ticks off the activities she gave up in defiance of President Donald J. Trump: renting movies with her husband on Amazon,<br />and shopping at Nordstrom, Macy’s and other retailers that sell Ivanka Trump’s products.<br />Enraged by a video that emerged last October of Mr. Trump bragging about sexually assaulting<br />women, Ms. Coulter began a boycott of any sort of product connected to Mr. Trump.<br />“I don’t think either of us envisioned that some of the things<br />that have happened would happen,” said Sue Atencio, who helped Ms. Coulter get the site started.<br />In addition, Ms. Coulter said, Ms. Trump played a prominent role in the presidential campaign.<br />None of the retailers credited Grab Your Wallet with their decision — the department stores blamed poor sales —<br />and it is not possible to know to what degree Ms. Coulter and her followers have influenced the companies’ decision making.<br />“Maybe that gave me a taste of what something like this would be like,” she said, describing herself as a chronic list maker.
