Merck CEO Leaves President's Council Over Trump's Refusal to Disavow His White Supremacist Followers

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[hatrack]

1. More of this, please!

Much, much more.

[hlthe2b]

2. Wow...necessary for me to defend part of Big Pharma

But

[PatSeg]

22. I never thought

I'd see the day!

[C_U_L8R]

3. Thank you

[bdamomma]

4. good for him

I hope more CEO's do this.

[tanyev]

5. The Cheeto stands alone.

[ProudLib72]

6. The Mar-a-Lago manatee tweets

Link to tweet

[PearliePoo2]

11. Oh, good job donald, quickly attacking Ken Frazier!

That didn't take long. Keep it up asshole, keep digging that hole!

[handmade34]

12. Oh my...

DT is a very poor excuse for a human being...

[smirkymonkey]

17. What a child!

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Snappy come back. Heh.

[Bengus81]

19. He's a black guy,made it much easier from Trump to trash him........n/t

[Kleveland]

21. Oh snap!

Acting like the cornered rat that he is.
Acting like he has done no wrong ever, and then biting back ten times as hard.

Moron does not even suffice.

[thesquanderer]

24. Without taking anything away from Frazier, I want to see some white CEOs doing this.

It's a good statement for him to make, but you just know that some white people are thinking, "he's making that statement because he's black" and so aren't given it the same weight as if a white CEO had done the same thing.

[Hekate]

39. They have

[thesquanderer]

42. Yup, excellent. (n/t)

[Honeycombe8]

23. His response to every "disloyalty" is to attack personally. "Sad!" nt

[NastyRiffraff]

28. I bet he thinks that's real clever

I know I'm not supposed to hate, but god I hate this asshole.

[3catwoman3]

36. Sometimes, no other...

...reaction is possible. Trust your gut.

[stevenleser]

32. This is the response of an 18-30 month old. Immediately strike out at someone/something

that frustrates you.

[JBoy]

33. The Unwitty 8th Grader. n/t

[George II]

37. Attacked Frazier within seconds, took 48 hours to "attack" * neo-Nazis and the KKK!

* reluctantly and lukewarmly.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. Bravo

People don't fully realize that corporate culture in America is largely one where inclusiveness is built in now. Most CEOs realized long ago that diversity and inclusiveness makes companies stronger and more competitive. I'd love to see more CEOs alienate the Fuhrer.

None of this means that there isn't still discrimination and bias throughout corporations, just that they've made huge strides in the last decade or two.

[Ligyron]

20. Same thing happened in the military.

At first, they were all for keeping races/cultures apart but, when finally forced to, they soon realized the strength diversity produces.

[DAMANgoldberg]

38. Add Under Armour to that list.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/under-armour-blog/bs-bz-kevin-plank-charlottesville-trump-20170814-story.html

[PearliePoo2]

8. THIS is a BIG deal!

There will be plenty of ripples from this and people sitting up taking notice. May the fucking dam burst and start to wash away support from this evil son of a bitch that is BLOTUS.

[Lotusflower70]

9. There you go

That's leadership. Clearly stated and called the enemy out by name.

[herding cats]

10. Good!

My hope is more disassociate themselves from this Trumps regime. Maybe then the GOP will finally take notice of what they've been supporting.

[Tanuki]

13. Bravo Kenneth Frazier! His life is an extraordinary success story.

He clearly knows what makes America a great nation and what threatens to destroy it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Frazier
..."
Kenneth Frazier was born on December 17, 1954, in North Philadelphia.[1] His father, Otis, was a janitor.[1][2] Frazier has said Thurgood Marshall was one of his heroes growing up.[3]Frazier's mother died when he was twelve years old.[1] He attended Northeast High School. After graduating at age 16, he enteredPennsylvania State University.[3] To make extra money in college, he raised tadpoles and newts and sold them to local stores.[4]

After earning his B.A. from Penn State, Frazier enrolled at Harvard University to study law.[5]He graduated in 1978 with a J.D.[2][5]"... (more)

[sunonmars]

14. This......

[Kleveland]

25. All cartoons must end eventually.

Waiting for the closing....

So we can all say:

"That's all folks!!!"

And in all honesty, that is not meant to make light of this horror of a man who is ruining our country.

"It ain't funny McGee"

[bullwinkle428]

15. As they say on the Stephanie Miller Show, "NOW a warning?!?!?!?!?"

[JohnnyLib2]

16. Good man doing the right thing.

'

K & R

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. A CEO Who's Who Of Trump's Manufacturing Council

A CEO Who's Who Of Trump's Manufacturing Council

Dustin Blitchok , Benzinga Staff Writer
January 27, 2017 4:36pm

A group of more than two dozen CEOs have been tapped by President Donald Trump to create recommendations to grow the American manufacturing sector.

The group convenes at a time when Trump is pledging to cut corporate taxes, slash regulations and also heavily tax companies that outsource manufacturing jobs.

Who are the C-suite occupants selected by the new president? Let’s take a look.

{snip}

[BumRushDaShow]

27. Here he is

(cover of Black Enterprise in 2014)



http://www.blackenterprise.com/career/kenneth-frazier-merck-ceo-profile-success-tips/3/

[peggysue2]

29. True to form

Donald Trump once again proves what a lame excuse he is for a man, let alone a president. Any criticism is met with a twitter version of 'fire & fury,' as Trump blasted Frazier for his resignation.

Any Republican who does not speak out is equally responsible. They own this; they own him and his moral cowardice.

[GusBob]

30. Be interesting to watch their stock price today

[iluvtennis]

31. Love it. Surprised Frazier was ever on Trump's council anyway given Trump's racism,

misogyny, anti immigrant, anti Muslim, anti LGBTQ, etc was all on display during the primaries and the GE.

[Gothmog]

34. This is a powerful statement from the chairman of Merck

[njhoneybadger]

35. Thank you Mr. Frazier

How does some dumb fuck working at a hot dog stand think this man is inferior to him?

[DeminPennswoods]

40. Frazier is this guy, too

Frazier was made Merck’s corporate counsel – a company’s chief lawyer – in 1999. His biggest task was defending Merck from an onslaught of lawsuits relating to its handling of the painkiller Vioxx, which was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after large studies showed it caused heart attacks. Some Wall Street analysts forecast that Merck could face a $50 billion legal bill from the drug, but Frazier insisted on fighting case by case, resulting in a total liability of less than $5 billion.

It was Frazier’s success defending the company against Vioxx that led him to get the CEO job, in 2011.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/08/14/what-you-should-know-about-ken-frazier-the-ceo-who-just-resigned-from-trumps-council/#658932967e01

[Ilsa]

41. Two more have quit; silence from donald (they are white):

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/14/donald-trump-kevin-plank-under-armour-quits-advisory-council-charlottesville

Three executives have quit Donald Trump’s business advisory panel, throwing it into chaos, in the wake of the president’s failure to immediately denounce white supremacists over a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one dead and several others injured.

The CEOs of pharmaceutical giant Merck, sportswear retailer Under Armour and computer company Intel have all resigned from Trump’s American Manufacturing Council as pressure mounts for business leaders who aligned themselves with the president to abandon his administration. 

Plank quit after Kenneth Frazier, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Merck and one of the US’s most high-profile African American executives,stepped down from the council on Monday as Trump came under intense criticism for initially failing to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazi groups following the Charlottesville attack.