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Home Front: Politix
Big Pharma CEO finds excuse to resign from presidential council
2017-08-14
[The Hill] An African-American CEO of a major pharmaceutical company has resigned from a presidential council in a direct response to President Trump's remarks about "many sides" being to blame for violence over the weekend in Charlottesville.

Merck CEO and Chairman Kenneth C. Frazier said he was leaving Trump's American Manufacturing Council, arguing U.S. leaders must "clearly reject expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy."

"Our country's strength stems from its diversity and the contributions made by men and women of different faiths, races, sexual orientations and political beliefs," Frazier said in a statement.

"America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal," he continued.

"As CEO of Merck, and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism."
Posted by:Besoeker

#18  
by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal


Like "Black Lives Matter" in preference to "All Lives Matter"?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-08-14 20:59  

#17  Guess he didn't have anything to contribute.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-08-14 19:27  

#16  I'vesaid before Patents are massively under-taxed and profits massively over-taxed.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles

You ever applied for a patent before? Most people who want to apply for a valid patent find that they cannot afford all the fees (AKA taxes) and so on. In effect, they are blocked from entering the market.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-08-14 18:50  

#15  On one side were the Suptemacists. On the other were cop killing BLM. Merck supports cop killers. What kind of stuff is this company exec smoking?
Posted by: Threatch Jeamp8135   2017-08-14 15:06  

#14  I've said before Patents are massively under-taxed and profits massively over-taxed.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-08-14 13:19  

#13  From ZH:

Just spoke with Andrew at Merck and told him that I think the CEO is an anti-American bigot who participates in predatory pricing as the President says. We were both polite and he promised to pass on my message.

Phone: 908-740-4000
Posted by: Bubba Greack4892   2017-08-14 11:49  

#12  perhaps Merck's patents need to be closely looked at for generic OTC alternatives
Posted by: Frank G on the Road   2017-08-14 11:28  

#11  BTW, a hearty "fook u" big pharma.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-08-14 10:44  

#10  Race trumps truth?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-08-14 10:43  

#9  But he is ok with other sorts of racial supremacy groups, huh?

Good riddance, you worthless piece of shit.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-08-14 10:15  

#8  #6 - Funny, that, no? A survey of prison populations ...

nevermind
Posted by: Frank G on the Road   2017-08-14 10:15  

#7  Apparently Merck's (MRK - NYSE) stockholders need to re-evaluate the benefit of having a BLM/PC Snowflake as a CEO
Posted by: Frank G on the Road   2017-08-14 10:01  

#6  You want stories about white folks, turn your attention to burglar alarm adverts on the tellie.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-08-14 09:56  

#5  its telling that they gave his race *first* and his position latter. Kind of shows the relative priority of the two items in the writer's minds...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-08-14 09:45  

#4  Could only be a Big Pharm CEO in Western Civ based country. Ignores the anti-Western Civ of the side he's choosing (cause that side demands you choose their side or you are racist, sexist, homophobic....).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-08-14 09:44  

#3  A pill he simply couldn't swallow.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-08-14 09:43  

#2   rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy,

Resigned from the Democratic Party too, did he?
Posted by: SteveS   2017-08-14 09:42  

#1  Tired of being surrounded by all that white privilege?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-08-14 09:33  

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