By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas |...Go to Lowe's. You'll likely feel better. Home Depot? It's openly neck-deep in Republican Party politics these days. Its owner has said he'll bankroll oft-indicted Donald J. Trump even if the Mar-a-Lago marvel is in jail.
Home Depot? The place for home repair materials and workshop gadgetry?
Yeah, that place. There's one in pretty much every town.
This from newsweek.com: [ The Home Depot is facing fresh calls for a boycott following a report that the home-improvement company donated $1 million to Republicans who deny that Trump legitimately lost the 2020 presidential election.
Noted watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) yesterday released an updated list of alleged corporate donors to the so-called "Sedition Caucus" - the group's term for Republican lawmakers or committees supporting lawmakers who refused to certify President Joe Biden's win on January 6, 2021.
The Home Depot was third on the list, trailing Boeing and top donor Koch Industries, the company headed by influential conservative donor Charles Koch. Other corporations that feature prominently on the list include AT&T, United Parcel Service (UPS), Lockheed Martin, Comcast and General Motors.
"Congratulations to @HomeDepot, which has officially donated $1,000,000 to support the members of Congress who voted not to certify the results of the 2020 election," CREW posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday morning. "Bankrolling the Sedition Caucus is a choice, and Home Depot has doubled down!" ]
Hey, do you know what McDonald's is doing with its Quarterpounder earnings? That ultra-conservative (We're never open on Sundays) Chick-fil-A? The new Chicago-based bigwigs at Whataburger?
You could very well be surprised, and we don't mean mildly.
Bernard Marcus, the founder and retired CEO of Home Depot shown in photo above at right alongside photo of Trump, has made no bones about backing Trump. The 94-year-old Marcus may have dropped his company's well-known orange apron and stepped out of the day-to-day operation, but he's still active in national politics.
We have no argument with his contributions; it's his money.
But what we do say is: Go to your neighborhood Lowe's for that metal ladder or track lighting...
-30-
If Home Depot has so much money that they can throw it away like this, then they don't need any more of mine. I will be doing all of my home repair shopping at Lowes from now on.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Lowe's going out of business?
DeleteHe's rich and Trump cuts taxes on the rich.
ReplyDeleteEcho that.
Delete