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Maple Donuts has made some of its customers unhappy by flying Donald Trump's campaign slogan flag outside its Newberry Commons Shopping Center store in York County.

(Elizabeth Hardison | ehardison@pennlive.com)

Maple Donuts is stirring attention beyond its scrummy caramel sea salt doughnut.

Some of its customers are taking objection to the fact that at least one store in the popular York County chain is flying a flag that bears the Donald Trump slogan "Make America Great Again."

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A worker at the Newberry Commons Shopping Center store said the flag might have gone up some time this week. To be sure, a portion of the customer base approves. The worker said he had not noticed reaction from customers to the flag, which flies below the American flag on the flagpole outside the store.

But the doughnut chain is getting traction on its Facebook page from customers objecting to the addition of Trump rhetoric to their coffee and doughnut fix. Customers have threatened to take their business elsewhere until the store takes down the flag.

Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, has made the slogan "Make America Great Again" a focal point of his campaign. The slogan appears on campaign T-shirts, baseball caps, buttons and posters, among other memorabilia.

With the primary season over and the general election season in full swing, Trump trails his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by six points in Pennsylvania, according to a CBS poll released Thursday. Clinton leads trump 43 percent to 37 percent, according to the poll. Previous polls have generally shown the two frontrunners in a dead heat.

Wrote one Maple Donuts customer: I live north of York and travel on route 83 often for work. I must have gotten donuts and coffee at the Maple Donuts on route 83 at least 100 times. I stopped in on Thursday and saw a Trump campaign flag flying beneath the American flag at the store. I will get my coffee elsewhere as long as that flag is flying at your store.

Another customer left this comment: I'm glad you have the Trump flag up. ... Now I am aware of your leanings and can take my business elsewhere and direct others to do the same. Thanks! I wish all businesses were this transparent about their racism.

And still another wrote: There flying right below the US Flag was a Donald Trump flag. I cannot believe that a place I've loved for so long would so openly advocate for such a racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, person in their public business. While the owners have 1st Amendment rights to free speech, so do I. And I also have the power of my wallet. I immediately pulled away and will not only not return to ANY Maple Donuts until this flag comes down.

Maple Donut has been a fixture in York County since the franchise opened its first store on Maple Street in 1946. The franchise has four stores in York County.

Donald Trump makes a campaign stop at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Apr. 25, 2016. Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com

PennLive reached out to the franchise owner but could not immediately reach him.