NY Daily News Scorches FedEx for Dogged Refusal to Stop Supporting the NRA
‘GunEx’
The New York Daily News is lashing out at FedEx for the delivery giant’s refusal to end its support of the NRA. Many other companies, from Delta and United to Hertz and Enterprise have announced they are dropping partnership programs with the gun lobby in the wake of the Parkland massacre that left 17 people dead.
Here’s the cover of Sunday’s Daily News:
A look at tomorrow’s front page:
Pressure is building for businesses like FedEx to boycott the NRA.https://t.co/rwRFpAsY35 pic.twitter.com/Yz53ynsY3p
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 25, 2018
FedEx, which has an active social media presence, usually posts tweets daily. It stopped after Tuesday, when ThinkProgress published an article shaming about two dozen companies “in business with the NRA.”
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