Marco Rubio hands Donald Trump a tic tac container at a break during the CBS News Republican presidential debate on February 13. | AP Photo Tic Tac denounces Donald Trump

As the fallout from a report revealing the way he once bragged about groping women threatens to ruin his chances at winning the White House, Donald Trump has been deserted by dozens of Republicans, while even his wife and running mate have refused to defend his comments.

And now? A company that makes hard mints is rebuking him.


“Tic Tac respects all women,” Tic Tac USA posted on Twitter Saturday afternoon. “We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.”

Trump is under fire for comments he made in a private conversation in 2005, caught on a hot mic and published in video and audio form by The Washington Post on Friday. In the video, Trump describes his attempts to seduce women, bragging that he could kiss them and grab at their genitals without consequence because of his celebrity. He mentions consuming Tic Tacs beforehand.

“I’ve got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her,” Trump says on the recording. “You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.”

Aside from the widespread condemnation the Republican nominee has faced since the report on Friday, some industry observers have lamented that the hard mint company has been wrapped up in the controversy. In response to the report, the publication AdvertisingAge wondered, “What Did Tic Tacs Do to Deserve Donald Trump?!”

It's the second time in as many weeks that a candy company has denounced the Trump campaign. His eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., drew a rebuke from Skittles last month when he tweeted a photo making a comparison between the candy and Syrian refugees he claimed were dangerous.

“If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem," the younger Trump tweeted, along with an image of a bowl of the candy.

Trump consumes gum and mints compulsively, according to Saturday Night Live writers Michael Che and Colin Jost.

"He did have a lot of mints and gum," Jost told POLITICO's Glenn Thrush last week, referring to Trump's guest appearance on SNL last October.