Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Wouldn't it be great if Trump inroduced a rule that the republican party can't take money from corporations? Does anyone think that would ever pass in the rule making body?
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?
 
Chase Bank and a bunch of others withdrew support, too.




Wow. Multinational corporations who have been fucking over the American public for years are avoiding Trump. Almost makes me want to vote for him. If the corporations, that you all claim to hate, are avoiding him....why aren't you considering him?

Maybe you actually like the corporations screwing over the middle class.
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.
 
Lets take a byte out of APPLE, boycott their products until they lay off the ham handed attempt to manipulate our political system.
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

Oh? Other than Nokia do you care to give a link?
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

More funny stuff...

Are any smartphones not made in China?
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

More funny stuff...

Are any smartphones not made in China?

Westwall probably thinks cell phones are hand crafted masterpieces.
 
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.
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Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

Apple declined to comment for this story, and it's unclear how the company plans to handle the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention host committee did not respond to a request for comment. The Republican National Committee also did not comment for this story.

By declining to provide support, Apple joins a short list of tech companies taking a stand directly against Trump. Under pressure from activists at ColorofChange.org, HP, Inc., a major donor to the GOP convention in 2012, announced in June it would not help fund the convention in Cleveland.

“We want them to divest from hate. We want them to pull all their money and support,” said Mary Alice Crim, field director for Free Press Action Fund, which is part of the anti-Trump campaign. Tech companies backing the convention, she said, need to be “thinking hard about where they put their brand, and whether they want to align their brand with racism, hatred and misogyny.”

More: Apple Pulls Out Of GOP Convention In Trump Protest

Thank you, Apple. I hope other patriotic American companies will follow your lead.






Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

More funny stuff...

Are any smartphones not made in China?

Westwall probably thinks cell phones are hand crafted masterpieces.






Not at all. But they could be made here. We have the workers, why do you support the destruction of the American manufacturing base? Hell, one company Flextronics (a friend is a VP there) employs over 10,000 people in the bay area alone. They employ 200,000 worldwide with only a single one of their plants in China.

25 largest San Francisco tech employers (slideshow)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...f-tech-employers-jobs-salesforce-twitter.html


Solectron Corporation - Global expertise in manufacturing and supply chain solutions.
 
Yeah. They're worried about Trumps threat to damage their China based business. You know the one where they charge you dumb Americans tons of money for a phone that they make for next to nothing in China. Keeping all of those manufacturing jobs in China. Of course they don't wan't to have anything to do with Trump. He'll demand they not make so much money off of the backs of the middle class. HOW DARE HE!

What do you use for brains anyway?

That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

More funny stuff...

Are any smartphones not made in China?

Westwall probably thinks cell phones are hand crafted masterpieces.






Not at all. But they could be made here. We have the workers, why do you support the destruction of the American manufacturing base? Hell, one company Flextronics (a friend is a VP there) employs over 10,000 people in the bay area alone. They employ 200,000 worldwide with only a single one of their plants in China.

25 largest San Francisco tech employers (slideshow)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...f-tech-employers-jobs-salesforce-twitter.html


Solectron Corporation - Global expertise in manufacturing and supply chain solutions.

Smart phone manufacturing, the literal process of workers standing in a production line putting together the mostly plastic components that make up a smart phone. That's what we are talking about, they are low skill jobs.

Educate yourself, comeback and post.
 
That's funny. Fucked up, but funny.





Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

More funny stuff...

Are any smartphones not made in China?

Westwall probably thinks cell phones are hand crafted masterpieces.






Not at all. But they could be made here. We have the workers, why do you support the destruction of the American manufacturing base? Hell, one company Flextronics (a friend is a VP there) employs over 10,000 people in the bay area alone. They employ 200,000 worldwide with only a single one of their plants in China.

25 largest San Francisco tech employers (slideshow)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...f-tech-employers-jobs-salesforce-twitter.html


Solectron Corporation - Global expertise in manufacturing and supply chain solutions.

Smart phone manufacturing, the literal process of workers standing in a production line putting together the mostly plastic components that make up a smart phone. That's what we are talking about, they are low skill jobs.

Educate yourself, comeback and post.






Actually they're not. They require great skill in the actual manufacturing. The assembly I will grant you is no big deal, but the actual production requires great skill. It looks like it is YOU that don't know what you're talking about.
 
Yes, indeed. He employs LOW wage people to make clothes. Cell phones on the other hand, are made in HIGH wage paying manufacturing plants, except for Apple of course who give big donations to their political dogs, like hilary, and laugh all the way to the bank. Like I said, thinking is not your strong point.

More funny stuff...

Are any smartphones not made in China?

Westwall probably thinks cell phones are hand crafted masterpieces.






Not at all. But they could be made here. We have the workers, why do you support the destruction of the American manufacturing base? Hell, one company Flextronics (a friend is a VP there) employs over 10,000 people in the bay area alone. They employ 200,000 worldwide with only a single one of their plants in China.

25 largest San Francisco tech employers (slideshow)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...f-tech-employers-jobs-salesforce-twitter.html


Solectron Corporation - Global expertise in manufacturing and supply chain solutions.

Smart phone manufacturing, the literal process of workers standing in a production line putting together the mostly plastic components that make up a smart phone. That's what we are talking about, they are low skill jobs.

Educate yourself, comeback and post.






Actually they're not. They require great skill in the actual manufacturing. The assembly I will grant you is no big deal, but the actual production requires great skill. It looks like it is YOU that don't know what you're talking about.

Do me a favor, quoe what you are talking about.

EDIT: And just to be clear, specifically about job losses of the manufacturing process of smart phones that revolve around criticism of Apple, such as the sweatshop like conditions of phone manufacturing in China and how that's different then say making ties for a billionaire asshole.
 
maybe if they put suicide nets all around the convention building, then apple executives might be attracted to it, thinking the gop is just another slave labor pool to exploit?
 

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