Cornell is only the CEO; there is a Board of Directors, and there are shareholders. The shareholders might have a say before too long if they continue to follow the J.C. Penney business plan.
IIRC, Target has always leaned left; Gov. Dayton (and former Sen) from MN is a Target founder’s limo liberal heir.
Today I proudly liquidated my very modest (approx. $2,000) position in Target. I bought a few shares when the stock price tanked after the identity theft leak because I knew Target customers are loyal and that the stock price would bounce back. I will send Cornell my order confirmation with an explanatory note. We are a family of six including three teenage daughters and a teenage son and we will not be stepping foot in a Target store unless and until this offensive policy is reversed and an apology is issued.