Home Depot facing boycott over co-founder's Trump donation

[DonViejo]

BY JESSICA CAMPISI - 07/09/19 09:00 AM EDT

Shoppers are boycotting Home Depot after the co-founder of the home improvement store, Bernie Marcus, said he planned to donate to President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, Business Insider reports.

The billionaire, an avid supporter of the president, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in June that while he didn’t “agree with every move” Trump has made, he has still “produced more than anybody else” while in the White House.

"If we look at this country, I would say that we are better off today than we were eight years ago or six years ago,” he said, according to the Journal-Constitution.

Since retiring from Home Depot in 2002, Marcus has become more involved in politics, donating millions to the Republican Party. He also donated $7 million to Trump during the 2016 presidential race, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Social media users, including Democratic Coalition Against Trump Chairman Jon Cooper, took to Twitter to criticize Marcus, and many have used the hashtag #boycotthomedepot to say they won’t shop at the store, while others said they plan to cut up their Home Depot credit cards.

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[DeSmet]

1. Put up a link...

We all will bid them adieu.

[DonViejo]

2. Huh? There's a link at the end of the OP, and has been one since posting

[PJMcK]

3. Boycott? Okay but I have a question

Home Depot is like Walmart in that they were both built by right-wing moneymen that disadvantage their employees and damage local small businesses.

But Marcus no longer runs Home Depot. Is the company a reasonable target since he's no longer there?

[panader0]

4. I knew about Marcus' donations to R's long ago.

I was very happy when Lowes opened a store here. I'm not sure,
but I think the owner of Lowes is a liberal.
On edit: just looked and Lowes owner is not a liberal. He donates to
both parties.

[Zambero]

6. I'll take Lowes any day over Home Despot

HD has a long history of having contributing solely to right-wing candidates, and yes Lowes does indeed contribute to candidates from both parties. Since both stores are close by, this is a tie-breaker for me.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Boycott Home Depot to what end? Til their current board leans on someone they have no control over?

Every time this guy or the other Home Depot founder (the banker), neither of whom have had a financial interest in the company for years and years, shoot their mouths off or write a check to a Repub people start calling for a boycott.

[JPK]

7. I used to shop at HD, but....

Now it is Lowe's. Lowe's or Ace. No more HD for me and I have been easily a 25 year customer.

[kysrsoze]

8. Lowes is worse, politically, and Home Depot treats their workers better. Marcus hasn't been involved

with the company in years. That has been said over and over, yet this idiot continues to shoot his mouth off and the media still associate him with Home Depot.

[MurrayDelph]

9. The nearest Home Depot is 5.5 miles from me

The closest Lowe's is 52 miles. Guess which one I'm shopping at today
(Hint: it's not Home Depot).