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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,930 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 02:35 PM Aug 2017

*****BREAKING***** When you lose the Waltons. Wal Mart CEO Rebukes Trump [View all]

Respect for the individual is one of our core beliefs at Walmart. And the role we play in communities around the country to build a more diverse and inclusive society is more critical than ever as the tragic events in Charlottesville over the weekend painfully reminded us. Our prayers are with the victims and their families.

As we watched the events and the response from President Trump over the weekend, we too felt that he missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting the appalling actions of white supremacists. His remarks today were a step in the right direction and we need that clarity and consistency in the future.

Our country is facing some very difficult issues that require our elected officials, business leaders and community-based organizations to work together. Representing a company with the largest and one of the most diverse groups of associates in the U.S., and an even more diverse customer base of tens of millions of customers, we believe we should stay engaged to try to influence decisions in a positive way and help bring people together. I will continue to strongly advocate on behalf of our associates and customers, and urge our elected officials to do their part to promote a more just, tolerant and diverse society.

Thank you for representing Walmart and our values today -- and every day.


https://us3.walmartone.com/pages/stories-and-news/articles/a-message-from-doug/



Let's make Trump's Council so small you can fit it in a bathroom.
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Nice sentiments, but you still won't catch me at a Walmart! Va Lefty Aug 2017 #1
A lot of people shop there out of economic necessity DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #2
The assumption that it is cheaper volstork Aug 2017 #12
I like Aldi. Their presence is L A is almost null. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #14
I comparison shop. For what I buy, WalMart is often, tho not always, the cheapest. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #15
WalMart is cheap because taxpayers subsidize its employees More_Cowbell Aug 2017 #20
I don't have much choice. There's not much else. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #29
Unforunately true jl_theprofessor Aug 2017 #31
Yes. Allowing the minimum wage to remain far below subsistence level. Hortensis Aug 2017 #35
Yep. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #21
Agree sarge43 Aug 2017 #25
Same here. LakeArenal Aug 2017 #26
Or like in my small town, very few options. GentryDixon Aug 2017 #33
Me neither and I agree, nice sentiments Happyhippychick Aug 2017 #5
I picket the store on Black Friday after Thanksgiving BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #8
Absolutely dead on! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #19
Don't tell me what you believe... charliea Aug 2017 #34
Well, who'da thunk.... Walmart has a lot to atone for, but a tiny bit of credit today... hlthe2b Aug 2017 #3
I don't shop in Walmart but thanks katmondoo Aug 2017 #4
Any action that puts the Racist In Chief in a negative light is an action I embrace. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #6
Thanks Doug. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #7
I truly like the sentiment. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #9
But he has yet to resign from 45's manufacturing council. nt DesertRat Aug 2017 #10
Reading his statement carefully - cwydro Aug 2017 #11
Yep leftstreet Aug 2017 #23
Does he care enough about his employees to pay a decent Luz Aug 2017 #13
I think almost all the grocery stores pay the same. Kroger's has a union, so pay is higher. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #30
A small and positive gesture. MontanaMama Aug 2017 #16
Yikes. Even his fellow oligarchs are deserting him. jalan48 Aug 2017 #17
Faint Damnation - Like A Snake Rebuking Another Snake packman Aug 2017 #18
Ditto n/t Kleveland Aug 2017 #22
Who are they thanking? PdxSean Aug 2017 #24
It's from a news letter for employees. mobeau69 Aug 2017 #27
Ah. Thanks. PdxSean Aug 2017 #36
"Let's make Trump's Council so small you can fit it in a bathroom." Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2017 #28
Oh, and Waltons not fooled Aug 2017 #32
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