CEOs Dump Donald Trump
Pressure is mounting on CEOs to step down from President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council, after the leaders of Merck (MRK) - Get Report , Under Armour (UAA) - Get Report and Intel (INTC) - Get Report quit Monday.
The CEOs quit over Trump's lukewarm response to racist violence over the weekend in Charlottesville. While General Electric (GE) - Get Report said the company has "no tolerance for hate, bigotry or racism" and condemned "violent extremism," but confirmed that CEO Jeff Immelt would remain on the manufacturing council.
A Twitter campaign has been launched calling for a boycott of products from the companies whose CEOs still sit on the council. Users were calling for a boycott of General Electric, Whirlpool (WHR) - Get Report and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - Get Report .
The hashtag #SoupNazi, referring to the infamous scene from Seinfeld, was trending alongside calls for Campbell Soup (CPB) - Get Report CEO Denise Morrison to step down from the council.
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