Merck CEO resigned from tRump council due to failure to condemn white supremacists
Merck is an American pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. It's CEO resigned from the president's manufacturing council stating ""America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy."
Trump formed the manufacturing council a week after his inauguration as part of a push to create jobs. At the time, the White House hailed the council, including Frazier, as "some of the world's most successful and creative business leaders."
Within minutes Trump fired back at Frazier:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned
from President's Manufacturing Council,
he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
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read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/14/investing/merck-ceo-trump-charlottesville/index.html
Twitter backlash:
Eugene Gu, MD
(@eugenegu)
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When the Merck CEO denounces the KKK,
Trump denounces the Merck CEO.
That's White House Supremacy.
Matt Pearcee
(@mattdpearce)
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whatever the president says,
he denounced the CEO of Merck
before he denounced neo-Nazis
Kaivan Shroff
(@KaivanShroff)
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Trump attacked Merck CEO Ken Frazier
within hours of him leaving manufacturing council.
It took him 4 days to condemn Nazis and the KKK.
Michael McFaul
(@McFaul)
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Trump expressed more passion slamming Merck's
CEO than the KKK, Nazis & white supremacists.
Nothing patriotic or conservative in that.
Frederick Douglass
(@HITEXECUTIVE)
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SpaceX CEO & Merck CEO both resigned
from an advisory council. Trump only attacked one.
I wish I could tell why just by looking at them. (sad face)
[FYI Frazier is black]
Jackie Speier
(@RepSpeier)
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Odd how @POTUS doesn’t hesitate for a second to
attack CEO of #Merck, yet balks at calling out avowed
white supremacists for what they are.
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