Internet star The Woke Ginger loses bid to sue his old employers for firing him after he blasted them for cooperating with ICE

A popular online liberal known as The Woke Ginger has had his lawsuit dismissed after trying to sue his ex-employer for firing him over his criticism of a local business’s cooperation with ICE. 

The man, whose real name is Justin Kralemann, has nearly 750,000 followers on Instagram promoting liberal causes while poking fun at Donald Trump and Republicans. 

In March, he sued his former employers at Food Outreach Inc for firing him the month before for, he claims, criticism of the powerful Taylor family. 

The Taylor family business empire is known as Enterprise Holdings, owners of the famous Enterprise Rent-a-Car company, and has a majority stake in Major League Soccer’s St Louis City SC. 

Just prior to his February 23 dismissal, Kralemann joined liberals in slamming Enterprise Rent-a-Car for renting out vehicles to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

In addition to that, St Louis City had come under fire from fans for banning overtly leftwing political flags, including Black Lives Matter and the trans pride flag, from their matches.  

‘The family behind one of the largest rental car companies in the United States keeps landing in the news, and it’s not for the right reasons,’ Kralemann said in a video slamming the Taylors and Enterprise. 

He also called out the family’s political donations at $400,000, with 67 percent going to Republicans during the 2024 election.  

The lawsuit argued that he was fired from Food Outreach Inc because an executive on the board is an Enterprise executive. 

Food Outreach Inc says it is a nonprofit that offers ‘medically tailored meals and nutrition support to people facing HIV or cancer.’

The exec identified was Enterprise’s senior director of development and strategic initiatives.

Kralemann’s lawsuit claimed that he had been fired for his political speech and that doing so is against Missouri state law. 

Enterprise has long denied having any involvement in what led to Kralemann’s firing by Food Outreach Inc. 

Judge Joan Moriarty of the St Louis City Circuit Court dismissed the suit on Thursday.

She argued the problem was not that Kralemann had engaged in political speech but that he had criticized a key donor to Food Outreach Inc. 

‘It is clear to the court that plaintiff was terminated as a result of publicly criticizing donors and board members of defendant,’ she wrote. 

Kralemann’s fame online and his position as ‘the face’ of Food Outreach Inc’s program meant he had a duty to keep the nonprofit looking good, the judge determined.   

‘His criticism of any donor, even related to a minor choice of said donor, would have a significantly negative impact.’

‘We’re disappointed by the court’s decision,’ Eddie Ernst, an attorney for Kralemann, told STLToday. 

‘We continue to believe our client’s claims are well founded, and we’re carefully reviewing the court’s reasoning and our options going forward, including an appeal.’

In March, Enterprise denied any involvement in Kralemann’s firing.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Food Outreach Inc for comment.