BUSINESS/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “CVS Health said Friday [6-1-18] that it would no longer donate to America First Policies, a nonprofit group that works to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda, after CNN and other outlets reported racist comments made by staffers of the organization. MapLight, a nonpartisan research group that tracks the influence of money in politics, reported on Thursday [5-31-18] that three companies — CVS Health, Southern Company, and Dow Chemical — have donated a combined $1.6 million to America First Policies…CNN reported in January that Higbie has a history of making racist, sexist, Islamophobic and anti-LGBT comments. Some of his more inflammatory statements were that the ‘black race’ had ‘lax’ morals and that Americans should be allowed to shoot undocumented immigrants crossing the border with Mexico. Following CNN’s January report, Higbie resigned from his position as chief of external affairs for Corporation for National and Community Service, which manages volunteer services for the federal government. He joined America First Policies in March. Higbie initially apologized for his remarks but later defended them and said they were taken out of context. John Loudon, a policy adviser for the group, has also made inflammatory comments about Muslims and women, CNN’s KFile reported in May, such as calling Barack Obama ‘the Islamchurian candidate’ and joking about ‘crack whore Dem voter.'”
-Andrew Kaczynski, Chris Massie and Nathan McDermott, “CVS Health will no longer donate to pro-Trump advocacy group,” CNN Politics, CNN.com June 1, 2018 1:52 pm