“I have a Gucci store that’s worth more than Romney,” boasted Donald Trump earlier this year. He’s “the most successful person ever to run” for the nation’s highest office, according to the Republican presidential nominee frontrunner.
Given that four Trump-owned businesses have filed for bankruptcy, it’s unlikely he’s the most successful person to run for president, but he might be the most racist, homophobic, misogynist and divisive person ever to run.
It’s time to find out how Gucci feels that when Trump wants to brag about his credentials, he name-drops the luxury fashion brand. Does it want to be associated with a candidate that encourages violence at his rallies and spreads hate?
Tell Gucci to cancel its relationship with Donald Trump and relocate its store.
We’ve already won a massive victory when nearly 100,000 SumOfUs members asked Coca-Cola not to sponsor the Republican National Convention that could be Trump’s coronation. And Coke heard us loud and clear. It withdrew almost every cent of its funding to the 2016 RNC.
Gucci has a retail outlet in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York City, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. After everything he's done, is "Trump" the name Gucci wants above its zip code?
Let’s find out if Gucci stands with us—or stands with hate. Demand Gucci ends its time in Trump Tower now.
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Des Moines Register. 3 March 2015.
NBC. 6 February 2015.