Posted on 08/26/2017 8:53:44 AM PDT by conservative98
One of the biggest NASCAR sponsors lobbied to have the event moved. Camping World Chairman and CEO Marcus Lemonis wrote in a letter dated for Tuesday that neither he nor anyone from Camping World would participate in an event at any Trump property "due to recent and ongoing blatantly bigoted and racist comments from Donald Trump in regards to immigrants of the United States."
Trump has made several comments about immigrants while on the campaign trail.
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best," Trump said when announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination last month. "They're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists."
An immigrant from Lebanon, Lemonis has seen success as the owner of Camping World and other businesses. He is the star of the CNBC show "The Profit" where he invests in struggling businesses.
"Our company will not stand to support any person or organization that associates with such beliefs, and we feel strongly about distancing ourselves from any negative and discriminatory comments made against any gender, ethnicity, age group or so forth," Lemonis wrote. "I would hope that the entire NASCAR organization would agree with my sentiments."
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
NASCAR distances itself from Donald Trump after remarks
One of the biggest NASCAR sponsors lobbied to have the event moved.
This is just great.
A dishonest title and the PC musings of a CEO who has already walked it back.
ABC - LOL
Good morning.
“I thought they were rather right-leaning.”
NASCAR only turns left.
8^)
5.56mm
More idiots on the loose.
[[CEO Marcus Lemonis wrote in a letter dated for Tuesday that neither he nor anyone from Camping World would participate in an event at any Trump property “due to recent and ongoing blatantly bigoted and racist comments]]
That’s funny- Marcus didn’t seem to mind when obama was engaging in “recent and ongoing blatantly bigoted and racist comments”
Is there some relevance to posting a story from July of 2015?
Yep, the article is dated Jul 4, 2015
Maybe I haven’t had enough covfefe yet, but how does this equate to NASCAR distancing itself from President Trump?
why post this when it is nearly two years old?
[[What a misleading headline ABC!! Nascar DID NOT distance itself from Trump. Camping World did and they are paying a price for it.]]
Exactly-
[[Let’s see how many of ‘Mexico’s Finest Illegal Aliens’ pay to watch their races—]]
The next liberal president will give illegals subsidies to go and watch nascar
[[I thought they were rather right-leaning.]]
Nope- ya gotta lean left when turning left
Marcus Lemonis: immigrant born in Lebanon (the anti-Israel country), star in the television reality show “The Profit.”
Because this week the same CEO said that if you’re a Trump supporter he doesn’t want you as a customer of his company, Camping World.
If I hear that “NASCAR rose from prohibition bootleggers running from the law” I’m going to puke on my banjo.
For those who are afraid to ask: “National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing”.
Here’s one...
Marcus Lemonis: If you’re OK with what Trump said, don’t shop at my business (Camping World CEO)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3578450/posts
Twenty years ago we were hard-core NASCAR fans. But after the death of Dale Earnhardt, they killed the golden goose. The product became cookie-cutter corporate cut-out drivers in cookie-cutter cars going around cookie-cutter 1.5 mile tri-oval tracks to set up the inevitable green-white-checker scripted finish.
We gave up our tickets and viewing in 2008 and have not gone back. We are not alone; I saw about two minutes of the Bristol race last week while channel surfing. Empty seats galore where 20 years ago you had to fight to get in.
From an article read just this morning....he’s not doing so well. Having failed to think before he spoke, he’s now falling apart. Imagine that. Ignorant imbecile. The CEO should GO
Yup. When you can claim the winners car or engine for a few hundred bucks it gets much more fun to watch. You can run what you want (as long as the displacement is correct) to sell for 300 bucks. Keeps guys from building monster engines. Dirt makes it fun too ;)
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