article_snippet: Howard Schultz controversial
article_snippet: In a statement on Sunday, Schultz acknowledged the naysayers and skeptics as an anticipated part of the outreach. '
article_snippet: Schultz had previously defended the ridiculed  campaign as 'very genuine'.
article_snippet: This Morning on Thursday, Schultz added: 'This is a highly charged, highly emotional issue, Our understand that. '
article_snippet: When Good Morning America asked Schultz about some of the scathing criticism on Thursday, Schultz responded: 'Well, you know what I say to that - no good deed goes unpunished.'