Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced today that chief executive Kenneth Frazier plans to resign from President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council, citing the president’s mild-mannered response to a white nationalist rally in Virginia on Saturday.
The “Unite The Right” gathering turned deadly when a car mowed down a group of counter-protesters, killing at least one person and injuring others. Trump responded to the violence by saying that “many sides” were responsible. The remark drew immediate criticism from both sides of the aisle, with many demanding that Trump specifically denounce white supremacists.
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