On Wednesday, Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, blasted critics who slammed him for openly stating he would vote for President Trump in 2020. Marcus wrote in a Facebook post that he had been enjoying celebrating his 90th birthday and the $117 million raised to honor him that was donated to four charities when he heard about the rampant criticism of him for the report he was supporting Trump. He wrote on Facebook, “Am I in China? Argentina? Russia? That's what it feels like to me. It saddens me that our country has come to this, where I, as a private citizen, cannot express my feelings. It angers me and it saddens me, but it sure as hell is not going to stop me. If you thought it would, you've got the wrong guy.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had published an interview with Marcus on June 30 in which they noted that Marcus had donated roughly $250 million to build the Georgia Aquarium and millions for an autistic center in Atlanta. AJC reported, “Marcus told the AJC that he plans to support the president’s re-election bid.”
That comment triggered anti-Trump partisans to attack Marcus on Twitter, calling for a boycott of Home Depot. Forbes reported that Marcus has said he has donated over $2 billion to charitable organizations around the world; Forbes added, “It’s estimated he could give away over $6 billion in his lifetime.” Marcus had told AJC, “Everything I live for now is finding the right things to put my money into and that can give me a rate of return in emotion and doing good things for this world.”
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2 comments:
You go sir. F the bastards.
You guys are so blinded by your man love for Trump, you can't see straight. Here's whats funny. This dude speaks up knowing that he is going to drive business and free advertising in the media. Yet, as he says he likes Trump, Home Depot made several key strategic moves specifically to court business from Latinos in the construction business like creating extensive bilingual signage nation wide. While you guys rah rah, he's long been profiting off of immigrants including tons of illegals in the construction business. Trump sells you dum dums on a wall, which won't be built for years and would do nothing about the real problem, all while the owners of HD and other companies continue to profit off cheap immigrant labor. You guys can't see the forest due to the trees.
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