People are calling to boycott Home Depot after its co-founder said he was voting for Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

and encouraged others to do the same

Angry shoppers are once again calling for a boycott of Home Depot after its co-founder announced his support for President Trump in the 2020 election.

In a Friday opinion article in Fox News, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus explained why he was supporting a second term for President Trump and why other Americans should do similarly. In the wake of the article, people took to Twitter to voice their disapproval using the hashtag #boycotthomedepot.

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Marcus, who Forbes reported is worth $7.4 billion, left Home Dept in 2002 but the billionaire is a known megadonor for the GOP and donated $7 million to Trump during the 2016 campaign, data from the Center for Responsive Politics showed.

"Bernie retired from The Home Depot about 20 years ago and does not speak on behalf of the company," a Home Depot spokesperson told Business Insider. "The Home Depot does not give money to presidential campaigns or endorse presidential candidates."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-calling-boycott-home-depot-143926620.html

[soothsayer]

1. I have for years cuz of this

[Kaleva]

2. How does boycotting Home Depot hurt him?

[Native]

5. Most of his wealth is tied up in the company.

[Ms. Toad]

10. He owns a very small percent of the total stock of the publicly traded company,

And has no current role in running it.

Are you really willing to punish everyone else who owns shares of the company, directly, through their mutual funds, as part of a state retirement fund, etc., And all of the employees who depend on their paychecks to survive just to get back at one idiot?

[Native]

19. I simply answered a question. I didn't state my position.

And those were his words from a 2019 interview. My background is in finance, so I understand how something like this plays out - all of its impacts.

[Kaleva]

11. It'd have to be a massive boycott then in order to hurt him

and it'd probably have more of an impact on the workers there (layoffs) then him.

[DBoon]

7. Is he a major shareholder in Home Depot?

Best info I can find has the usual financial institutions as major shareholders.

[Ms. Toad]

12. No.

I did the calculations the last time this nonsense was posted. While it may be true that his wealth is tied up in HD, the reverse is not true. He is a small potatoes owner.

[DBoon]

14. good

even though I prefer to shop elsewhere

[SheltieLover]

3. I detest Home Depot!

Now I can see why their policies suck.

Top down bs!

I shop at Lowes. Have for years!

[Blue_true]

4. Not a surprise. He has NEVER supported a Democrat as far as I can tell. nt

[zackymilly]

6. Lowe's gives money to the right too. It sucks.

So far in 2020, Lowe's' PAC has given a total of $540,500 to politicians, with a breakdown of 30% in contributions to Democratic candidates and 70% in giving to Republican contenders. In 2020, the breakdown for Lowe's' PAC's $602,000 was 25% to Democrats and 75% to Republicans. In 2016, the organization gave only 13% of its $448,750 expenditure to Democrats.

https://www.businessinsider.com/home-depot-lowes-politics-conservative-republican-democrat-liberal-2020-6

[kimbutgar]

8. I've been boycotting Home Depot for years because of Marcus.

Only as a last resort will I go in there. I needed a new thermostat and didn’t find one that I liked at Lowe’s . Hubby ended up buying it at Home Depot. It didn’t work so we took it back, went to a locally owned hardware store, was helped by someone and we got the right one. From now on I will go back to that small hardware store rather than give a dime of my money to Home Depot.

[In_The_Wind]

9. I started boycotting Home Depot a few months ago.

[beachbumbob]

13. I stopped all HD purchases 4 years ago

[BSdetect]

15. Off to Lowes right now. Making an extra drive to fuck Home Depot.

[42bambi]

16. My problem with boycotting Home Depot is that it affects many employees; here in

San Antonio there are many Hispanic workers and I just don't want them to lose their jobs. That hurts my heart to think that a boycott against Marcus, albeit a Trump supporter whom I too detest, may cause some people to lose their jobs.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. This has been posted and essentially debunked

many times here.

Marcus simply isn't involved in the company any longer.

[sarisataka]

18. This again?

Maybe the third time will be the charm; or is this the fourth?

[LiberalFighter]

20. I have for years and will continue to do.

[greenjar_01]

21. This has been going on for four years

Do we really need a post for every one?