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Wilbur Ross says CEOs were wrong to quit Trump's councils after Charlottesville
Source: Washington Post
Wilbur Ross says CEOs were wrong to quit Trump’s councils after Charlottesville
By Heather Long September 8 at 12:28 PM
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross came to President Trump's defense Friday, arguing that CEOs were wrong to quit the White House business advisory councils in the wake of Trump's controversial Charlottesville remarks.
“I think what’s sad is for business leaders to give up an opportunity to influence policy over some singular issue with which they disagree,” Ross said in an interview with the author of The Washington Post's Daily 202 newsletter, James Hohmann. “I don't think that's very well considered.”
Trump received widespread condemnation after he blamed “both sides” in Charlottesville, appearing to drew an equivalence between white supremacists and counterprotesters. A number of high-profile business leaders resigned from Trump's CEO advisory groups in the days that followed, and he disbanded the councils as more chief executives planned to resign en masse.
Ross has not said anything publicly about Charlottesville. On Friday, his only remarks on the topic were that he thought CEOs were out of line to resign from the Strategy and Policy Forum and the Manufacturing Council.
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By Heather Long September 8 at 12:28 PM
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross came to President Trump's defense Friday, arguing that CEOs were wrong to quit the White House business advisory councils in the wake of Trump's controversial Charlottesville remarks.
“I think what’s sad is for business leaders to give up an opportunity to influence policy over some singular issue with which they disagree,” Ross said in an interview with the author of The Washington Post's Daily 202 newsletter, James Hohmann. “I don't think that's very well considered.”
Trump received widespread condemnation after he blamed “both sides” in Charlottesville, appearing to drew an equivalence between white supremacists and counterprotesters. A number of high-profile business leaders resigned from Trump's CEO advisory groups in the days that followed, and he disbanded the councils as more chief executives planned to resign en masse.
Ross has not said anything publicly about Charlottesville. On Friday, his only remarks on the topic were that he thought CEOs were out of line to resign from the Strategy and Policy Forum and the Manufacturing Council.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/08/wilbur-ross-says-ceos-were-wrong-to-quit-trumps-councils-after-charlottesville/
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Is this really conservative thinking at its finest? Optics matter not one whit so long as you get to influence policy. Ummm, when your business tanks due to boycotts, do you still get to influence policy? 
