after Mark Martin cancelled a $150,000 RV, i'm sure he caught more than a little flak
Posted on 08/26/2017 4:40:22 AM PDT by TigerClaws
From the “you just had to know THIS was coming” department, the CEO of the recreational vehicle and equipment chain Camping World is already backing down from statements that he made suggesting that some supporters of President Trump should shop elsewhere.
The remarks of Marcus Lemonis have come back to bite him in the ass big time as he seems to be finding out just how many millions of dollars that his loose tongue and arrogance could cost him if Trump supporters took his advice and spent their hard-earned dollars at businesses owned by competitors.
Now he is claiming that it was all a big misunderstanding and that he ONLY meant the neo-Nazis and white supremacists which according to CNN – there are 63 million of them.
“I made the mistake of letting my fear and emotion talk about subjects that I shouldn’t have. “
Marcus Lemonis appears to be a homosexual.
Yes, the Prius liberals may go camping, but I bet few own large gas-guzzling RVs - after all, what would Al Gore and the other Prius owners say? - and that seems to be the high $$ market Camping World is aiming for.
WTF is “Camping World ?”
I just wonder when these genius’ will realize that President Trump’s base is middle class Americans, with several times more wealth than all the liberal elites combined. I try to use my hard earned money to vote for conservative principles whenever I can.
We will find what we need for racing from Walmart. They sell it too. Camping World can go to hell. Last time I was in one here it was not busy at all. Their business is from baby boomer, WWII retired folks. RV owners mostly. Conservatives mostly I would bet. Not smart to bite off your own hand.
Racing was supposed to say RVing.
after Mark Martin cancelled a $150,000 RV, i'm sure he caught more than a little flak
Think about it: if they did outnumber us, they would rule from every elected position. Because they don’t, they are forced to reveal themselves as totalitarians. That wins hearts and minds. NOT.
It’s all smoke and mirrors. Whatever it says on the package, the opposite is true. Not just progs, but GOPe, too. Take away the press/media and all they have left is whatever holdovers still survive inside the bureaucracy. Fewer and fewer of those are still in place. The fewer, the more they stand out.
They need to make us believe they are the majority while they cast themselves as minority victims. No true majority would do this.
Turn off the MSM on all platforms. It will change your outlook and it will inflict damage on them. They try to inflict anxiety on us because it is their most potent weapon. Refusal is resistance.
re:107
the nfl is their own undoing by tolerating people like kaepernik, and known wife beaters, etc.
the libs can’t take all the blame when the nfl is it’s own worst enemy.
not watching nor buying until they clean up their act
This guy screwed up bad.
It would be the same as a ‘patchouli oil’ CEO saying on national TV that he hates hippies.
MEGA dumb.
I see what you did there.
LOL
Insults Followed By Lies: Camping World’s Marcus Lemonis Is the Dumbest CEO Ever
Camping World is where we go to upgrade our RVs, to purchase our supplies, to re-up our Good Sam memberships. Well, no more. At least not this guy, and judging from the camp chatter, I am far from alone.
By JOHN NOLTE August 24, 2017
http://www.dailywire.com/news/20164/insults-followed-lies-camping-worlds-marcus-john-nolte#
In just a moment I am going to explain to you why Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis is the stupidest CEO alive. In the meantime, after telling anyone who agreed with Trump’s handling of Charlottesville “don’t shop at my business,” Lemonis is now insulting the intelligence of his customers by straight up lying to them.
I’m not the one making that claim. The leftwing Snopes is calling Lemonis out. Let’s start with the full context of his original remarks:
CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: Marcus, you have a consumer-facing business, Camping World. So do you worry about — if you were on one of these [presidential] councils, would you worry, thinking ‘Wow, I’ve got to deal with consumers every day, are they going to look at the business poorly because I’m associated with the White House?’
Marcus Lemonis: There’s no doubt that there is [sic] probably not many consumers in this country today that are in favor of what has been said in the last couple of days and if they are, quite frankly don’t shop at my business. And I think the reality of it is is that there is a fear, there is a fear of association.
Here is Snopes:
Lemonis did strongly appear to have suggested that anyone who agreed with President Trump’s controversial remarks about the events of 12 August 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, should not shop at his stores.
Ya think?
On three fronts Lemonis is admonishing me: 1) I not only agree wholeheartedly with Trump’s handling of Charlottesville, I believe it was one of the finest moments of his young presidency. 2) I am an RV owner who is right now writing this in a camper, who has spent 6 weeks of this summer on the road, who is planning two more trips this year and a two-month cross-country trip early next. 3) I have already spent upwards of $300 at Camping World this summer.
Also, I am not an unforgiving jerk. Being on live television and put on the spot in a world filled with fascist leftists eager to launch boycotts, is no easy thing. We should accept an apology or clarification from anyone put in that position.
But that is not what Lemonis is doing.
Instead he is gaslighting his own customers with this lie:
For the record, what I said is that if you are OK with what happened in Charlottesville, what was said and what was done, I’m not ok with it.
So from my position, once and for all, loud and clear – what I said is that if you are ok with what was said in Charlottesville and what was done, then I’m not ok with it.
Even the leftwing Snopes is calling out this lie:
In fact, these are inaccurate descriptions and summaries of what Lemonis said on CNBC. He did not mention “what happened in Charlottesville,” or “what was said in Charlottesville[.]”
And now I am going to tell you why Marcus Lemonis is the stupidest CEO ever...
After six weeks of camping, after staying overnight in more than two dozen campsites in nearly 10 states, what I have discovered is an uncommonly decent group of people who make up a subculture of traditional, hard-working, patriotic, right-leaning Americans. The people who spend their annual vacations and weekends in motor homes are Trump People. Not all, but enough that any exceptions prove the rule.
We are people who love the open road, love the feeling of independence that comes with an RV, who just want to be left alone with our families, barbecues and dogs. In other words, our sacred trips are all about escaping the pressures of the Real World, and you can be damn sure that includes the obnoxious politicization of absolutely everything, most especially from virtue-signaling CEOs.
We are also Camping World customers. This is where we go to upgrade our RVs, to purchase our supplies, to re-up our Good Sam memberships. We enter “Camping World” on our GPS and if there is one on the way, sometimes we stop in... just cuz.
Well, no more. At least not this guy, and judging from the camp chatter, I am far from alone.
We campers are good people who can abide a mistake and graciously accept an apology.
What we cannot abide, though, is a liar, and Mr. Lemonis is lying.
If you go camping this Labor Day weekend make sure you tell the rest of the camper to not do business with Camping world. I’m going to Cabela’s.
This answers your question.
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/a-short-history-of-conservatives-and-liberals
Better than that. Go in and be sincerely interested in the $150,000 bus. Then have a friend walk up and say "Hey Bert, I thought you were a Trump guy! Camping World is just for us Liberals now."
When you reply, "No way", he shows you the CEO quote. Then you can say to the salesman, "Oh, hey sorry, I didn't know. That's just wrong. I'll go across town. Sorry, man."
Sincerely and openly shame the Hate-filled Virtue Signaling itself, and it will slow down.
The last Paragraph of his so called Apology negates everything said before it.
>>>I DO NOT apologize to anyone who is in favor or hate, violence, bigotry or racism. And I will do my part to help eliminate it from both sides. One way I do that is by being an example. You are the reason I made this mistake. You took my common sense away and purpose. I will not let you beat me or beat me down.<<<
He did not apologize to the POTUS or his Supporters. He lumped them in with the People who actually caused the violence, Anarchists, Antifa, Commies and Democrats.
His last sentence “I will not let you beat me or beat me down”, is telling. Who is the “you” he is referring to?
You can be a dollar to a donut that it isn’t the Leftist Thugs who use violence to suppress the Free Speech Rights of anyone they disagree with, that’s for sure.
Or “I don’t see how politics relates to the business of selling camping gear. Unless you can define that link, I expect you’ll be withdrawing your inane question!”
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