CBS News
By Amanda Mikelberg
June 30, 2015
Donald Trump's proposed immigration policies aren't good for his economy.
A
petition on MoveOn.org calling for Macy's department stores to drop the
presidential hopeful's merchandise, which includes among other things,
piñatas, had gathered
close to a million signatures by Tuesday afternoon.
The
petition, authored by Angelo Carusone, executive vice president of the
left-leaning organization Media Matters, is putting pressure on Macy's
to "sever ties" with
Trump and drop his lines of spring water, Donald J. Trump Collection
clothing, and the Empire by Trump fragrance line.
"Donald
Trump is a bigot," it says in the petition's text. "He does not believe
in equal rights for women or 'minorities'... If Macy's is NOT a
prejudice business then
they must get Trump out of their business and advertising IMMEDIATELY!"
Media
Matters' Carusone has previously taken aim at Trump and his Macy's
merchandise with a petition in 2012 that called for the chain store to
dump his products following
Trump's crusade against Barack Obama's legitimacy as a U.S. citizen in
the "birther" hoopla.
On
Monday, NBC essentially fired Trump as host of "The Celebrity
Apprentice," and refused to air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants,
due to comments he made about
Mexican immigrants in his first presidential campaign speech. "At NBC,
respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values," it
said in the official statement Monday.
In
the fallout since his remarks, Univision was the first to cancel the
Trump-produced Miss USA pageant; the pageant's planned hosts Roselyn
Sanchez, Cristian De La Fuente
and now Cheryl Burke have resigned; and in retaliation Trump sent a
letter to Univision banning its employees from using his Miami golf
course.
In
response to the first petition in 2012, Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren said
in an email "we respect your opinion and those who have signed the
petition...Many individuals
associated with the products sold at Macy's - or any retailer, for that
matter - express personal opinions that are not related to the
merchandise we sell or to the philosophies of our company. That is the
nature of a free society."
For more information, go to: www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
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