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Home Front: Politix
People are calling to boycott Home Depot after its co-founder said he was voting for Trump and encouraged others to do the same
2020-11-02
[Business Insider] 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.

Marcus caused a similar uproar in July of 2019 when he said he planned to donate to to the president's 2020 reelection bid in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Following the publication of the interview, the #boycotthomedepot hashtag was used in tweets to call out Marcus' donations to Trump.

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."

In response to the latest backlash against Home Depot on Twitter, some people vocalized support for Marcus' position. Others criticized the boycott and noted that the backlash for Home Depot was undeserved, given that Marcus had retired in 2002.
Supposedly both founders stepped away from the company long since, and the other guy is voting for Joe Biden.

Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Then shop Menard's and their chicom import crap. See how long your deck stays standing. We had a 20% failure on their star screws. Frustrated beyond the pale.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-11-02 19:20  

#8  SJW shop at Lowes anyway.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-11-02 16:34  

#7  I doubt it, though. P2K is probably right.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-11-02 11:01  

#6  Oh well, it's usually very crowded at my Home Depot store so now maybe I can browse the shelves without some other shopper waiting impatiently behind me to browse the same shelves.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-11-02 10:59  

#5  Go right ahead. Less people in line at the registers.
Posted by: ed in texas   2020-11-02 10:44  

#4  One day I came on a leftist calling for of a boycott of a Swiss chocolate company. I immediately placed an order.
Posted by: JFM   2020-11-02 09:32  

#3  A boycott on Home Depot is futile for the points raised above and also because of the sheer size / reach of the company. And at some point (maybe we're there already) these calls for boycotts are just gonna be like 'oh - another lefty celeb wants a boycott - ho hum' and just ignore the pricks.
Posted by: Raj   2020-11-02 09:01  

#2  ^The people who do all the maintenance in the homes of the people who'll boycott Home Depot.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-11-02 05:28  

#1  Funny. The people who will boycott probably have never been in a Home Depot. The people who actually use Home Depot are mostly the 'deplorables' except for those standing in the parking lot looking for a day labor job every morning.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-11-02 05:18  

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