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Leftist Backlash Erupts
That innocence vanished within hours. The café’s phone started buzzing—not with orders, but with hateful calls. Online activists quickly followed.
“We ended up having to shut down our Google page and Yelp page because we were getting an insane amount of one-star reviews,” De Luca said.
For a small business in heavily regulated California, that kind of mob pressure could have been fatal. But De Luca refused to cave. She kept the stickers, stood her ground, and never issued an apology.
Conservatives Rally in Force
Then the tide turned. Conservative America showed up—literally.
De Luca’s church community, Awaken, organized support that flooded her shop. “I was actually tearing [up] because I was like, ‘Where did these people come from?’ We went 312% up in sales,” she said.
In one weekend, her boutique café saw a line out the door. “We didn’t have any haters show up,” she added. “It was only the righteous showing up—just God-fearing people who are like, ‘Thank you for what you’re doing. Charlie would be proud.’”
Support poured in nationwide. “We had somebody from Georgia call and say, ‘Can I just give you $500 and buy the next 100 drinks?’ Somebody walked in and left $300 and just walked out,” De Luca recalled.
Turning Cancel Culture into a Comeback
What happened at Invita Café is a lesson in what real community looks like. Conservatives didn’t just tweet support—they showed up with their wallets.
De Luca transformed targeted harassment into a record-breaking week. A 312% sales spike is more than a business victory—it’s a statement that faith and courage still win in America.
“This is insane. But I think Charlie would have been proud,” she said.
Invita Café still serves every latte with a “Thank you, Charlie Kirk” sticker, and even hosted Turning Point USA for a pop-up event celebrating the movement Kirk built.
The Movement Lives On
Charlie Kirk dedicated his life to empowering young conservatives who refused to be silenced. Sara De Luca embodied that same defiance in her own way—by turning grief into gratitude and hate into prosperity.
The Left tried to destroy her for honoring a murdered patriot. Instead, she walked away with the biggest payday in her café’s history—and a nationwide reminder that courage is contagious.
Because when good people stand firm, cancel culture collapses under its own weight.
