Wealthiest Republican in Ohio

[RazBerryBeret]

and the CEO of the company I work for. Has announced he is no longer a Republican. YES!!!

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180914/les-wexner-renounces-republican-party-affiliation-after-obama-stops-in-columbus

[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[elleng]

2. 'After former Democratic President Barack Obama made a quiet stop in Columbus on Thursday night,

the wealthiest Republican supporter in the state told a small audience at a Downtown event that he is fed up and has quit the Republican Party.

“I just decided I’m no longer a Republican,” said L Brands CEO Leslie H. Wexner, speaking during a panel discussion about civility at Miranova’s Ivory Room billed as a “Columbus Partnership and YPO Leadership Summit.”

“I’m an independent,” he said. “I won’t support this nonsense in the Republican Party. I’ve been a Republican since college, joined the Young Republican Club at Ohio State.

“I haven’t run an ad in the newspaper that said, ‘I quit,’” he told the gathering on Thursday. Instead, he’s been writing notes to his friends in elective office who are Republicans, telling them, “I want you to know that now I’m an independent.” . .

“I was struck by the genuineness of the man; his candor, humility and empathy for others,” Wexner said of Obama.

Those comments presented a stark contrast to Wexner’s comments about Republican President Donald Trump. A little over a year ago, the billionaire CEO said in a speech to L Brands employees that he felt “dirty” and “ashamed” following Trump’s response to violence that erupted at the Unite the Right rally that left one dead in Charlottesville in 2017.'

[RazBerryBeret]

3. I did NOT know his wife is a democrat!

During the past year, Wexner has poured money into bipartisan civility. In late 2017, he made a $300,000 donation to With Honor, a PAC that supports military veterans from both parties who are running for office and who agree to a pledge not only to conduct themselves with civility but also to meet one-on-one with a member of the opposing party once a month. In February 2018, Abigail Wexner, a Democrat, followed up her husband’s gift with a $2.5 million gift to With Honor.

[C Moon]

4. We'll welcome the votes, but don't EVEN try to poison our party with rightwing bs.

[RazBerryBeret]

8. He left the GOP

but announced he's an independent.

[SharonAnn]

5. I never understood why he was GOP. I just didn't seem to fit.

[JoeOtterbein]

6. Rats are jumping ship ASAP!

Great news! Make him ashamed he ever voted Rethuglican!

[Julian Englis]

7. Next, he needs to renounce something every bit as evil as the Republican party.....

He needs to renounce Ohio State.

[blaze]

9. Alternate link

http://www.columbusceo.com/news/20180914/les-wexner-renounces-republican-party-affiliation