Merck CEO calls on U.S. leaders to honour fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred
The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 14, 2017 9:26 AM ET
Last Updated: Aug 14, 2017 9:31 AM ET
The CEO of the third largest pharmaceutical company in the U.S. is resigning from the President’s American Manufacturing Council citing “a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out almost immediately Monday at Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier on Twitter, saying Frazier “will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!”
Frazier’s resignation comes shortly after a violent confrontation between white supremacists and protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one person dead and 19 injured.
Frazier said in a tweet on Monday that the country’s leaders must “honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy.”
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@Merck
Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President’s Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
Trump is being criticized for not explicitly condemning the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville.
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