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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Lands a YUGE Endorsement from another Legendary Businessman
http://truthfeed.com/?p=5157Donald Trump is widely regarded as on of the greatest luxury real estate developers of all time. Today, Trump lands a high-profile endorsement from the founder one of the greatest retailers of all time. In a new Op-Ed piece Why I Stand with Donald Trump Bernie Marcus, Co-founder of Home Depot endorses Trump....
"As a backer of former Republican presidential candidates, I now stand in support of Donald J. Trump because the fate of this nation depends upon sending him, and not Hillary Clinton, to the White House.I know Donald Trump, but were not close friends. However, I believe he will begin on Day One undoing the damage done by President Barack Obama. I stand ready to help him at every turn.
Like many, I am deeply concerned about the US Supreme Court. When Trump recently released his list of potential appointees, I grew confident in his resolve to keep our court balanced. Even more important: Clinton will push the court leftward for generations. She must be stopped.
But I draw even more from lessons learned when we founded The Home Depot in 1978 rather than from the contentious GOP primary of 2016. I genuinely believe that if we to started The Home Depot today, we would fail because of the hurdles government, especially the current administration, places in front of small business owners. I never forget The Home Depots small business roots we started as a small business with four stores in Atlanta, Georgia."
"As a backer of former Republican presidential candidates, I now stand in support of Donald J. Trump because the fate of this nation depends upon sending him, and not Hillary Clinton, to the White House.I know Donald Trump, but were not close friends. However, I believe he will begin on Day One undoing the damage done by President Barack Obama. I stand ready to help him at every turn.
Like many, I am deeply concerned about the US Supreme Court. When Trump recently released his list of potential appointees, I grew confident in his resolve to keep our court balanced. Even more important: Clinton will push the court leftward for generations. She must be stopped.
But I draw even more from lessons learned when we founded The Home Depot in 1978 rather than from the contentious GOP primary of 2016. I genuinely believe that if we to started The Home Depot today, we would fail because of the hurdles government, especially the current administration, places in front of small business owners. I never forget The Home Depots small business roots we started as a small business with four stores in Atlanta, Georgia."
*cough*Lowe's*cough*
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Donald Trump Lands a YUGE Endorsement from another Legendary Businessman (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jun 2016
OP
Thanks for the reminder. I like to know which businesses are owned and run by
No Vested Interest
Jun 2016
#5
AntiBank
(1,339 posts)1. madness that he is equating Dodd-Frank (weak as it is)
and it's muted attempt to stop systemic mega bank abuse with his fantastical theory it would affect a small business loan. This is the epitome of plutarchic bullshit spin.
winstars
(4,220 posts)2. The Lowes is a bit farther away from me but I will make that drive...
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)3. Boycott. Hope it hurts.
Why do businesses put their politics on display? It's bound to annoy half their customer base.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)4. Home Despot is orange and Trump is orange
I see the connection.
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)5. Thanks for the reminder. I like to know which businesses are owned and run by
those who would undermine any progress made in social justice in thee US.
Please post others as necessary.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)6. Sadly lowes is not much better
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00251751
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(17% to Democrats, 83% to Republicans)
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(17% to Democrats, 83% to Republicans)