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http://www.salon.com/2017/08/14/trump-attacks-black-ceo-who-resigned-from-white-house-council-over-response-to-charlottesville-protests/
by Taylor Link at Salon
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It took President Donald Trump less than an hour to criticize Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier for resigning Monday from the White Houses American Manufacturing Council. Meanwhile, its been two days since white nationalists and neo-Nazis overtook a college town in Virginia, and Trump has yet to publicly condemn them.
Frazier, an African-American, announced on Twitter Monday that it was Trumps inadequate response to Charlottesville that forced him to resign from the presidents council.
Our countrys strength stems from its diversity and the contributions made by men and women of different faiths, races, sexual orientations and political beliefs, Frazier said in a statement. Americas leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal.
As CEO of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism, Frazier added.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,134 posts)if the CEO was white he would attack him anyway.
Trump is literally a sociopath, it is why the deplorables like him so much, they cant tell he is, he seems normal to them
Bladewire
(381 posts)Lithos
(26,404 posts)Compare to the 40 hours trying to avoid Charlottesville