Merck CEO Resigns From Trump’s Manufacturing Council Over “Hatred, Bigotry, & Group Supremacy”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Aug 14, 2017
Merck CEO Ken Frazier has resigned from the President’s Manufacturing Council as a “matter of personal conscience” following Trump’s apparent lack of rejection of “expressions of hatred, bigotry, and group supremacy.”
Statement from Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck:
“I am resigning from the President’s American Manufacturing Council.
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.
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.
As CEO of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”
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