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Washington state The attorney general is standing by Costco while the retail giant resists conservative pressure to get rid of their practices of diversity, equity and inclusion.
This week, 19 Republican General Prosecutors He sent a letter For Costco, urging the retail giant to end “all illegal discrimination imposed by the company” through its “divisive” policies.
The Washington State Attorney General, where the Costco headquarters are, defended the company and shot the Republican effort.
“I am surprised by the eagerness of my Republican colleagues for arming the government against business,” said Washington Attorney, Nick Brown, a Democrat. Fox News Digital. “We do not believe in punishing private companies for making decisions that protect and improve their workforce.”
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Washington Attorney, Nick Brown, defended Costco after a group of Republican general prosecutors sent a letter to the company by pressing it to leave its practices ofi. (DOJ/Getty images) by Washington State)
The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, who led the efforts of 19 states against Costco together with Kansas Attorney General, Kris Kobach, promised to “see all the available options” to ensure that the business is following federal and state laws with Regarding hiring practices.
“Costco needs to show us the proof that they are following the law because they have public statements that cause us great concern.” Bird said Wednesday to Fox News. “Many other great retailers have changed their policies and are now following the federal law, like President Trump is doing with his executive orders that eliminate Dei, so they must show us that they are following the law.”
General prosecutors of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and North Dakota also signed the letter, which gives it at cost 30 days to 30 days to respond.
The letter comes immediately after Trump’s firm An executive order Point Dei in the federal government and encourage the private sector to end these “illegal” practices.
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Iowa attorney general, Brenna Bird, greets the crowd during the Victoria Conference to the Victory of the FE Faith and Freedom coalition of Iowa at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, on April 22, 2023. (Photo by Rachel Mummey/AFP through Getty Images)
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The request assigns general prosecutors with the sectors and organizations that supposedly participate in discriminatory practices. Recommendations will be made for possible demands against offenders.
The main companies such as Target, McDonald’s and Walmart have retired from their Dei policies in recent months in increasing scrutiny about these policies.
Until now, Costco has resisted these challenges and has defended Dei’s values as critics for the success of his business.
You see a sign in a Costco store. (Istock)
“We owe our success to the more than 300,000 employees that serve our members every day. It is important that everyone feels and appreciated and transmitting these values to our clients”, the president of the Costco Board, Hamilton “Tony” said James. at the shareholders meeting on Thursday.
At that meeting, the shareholders of costco overwhelmingly rejected an anti-dei Proposal presented by a group of conservative shareholders to evaluate the risks posed by their practices from the company’s results.
James said that the company’s “commitment” of the company does not compromise merit or includes systematic quotas or preferences.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval office on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC Trump assumes the position of his second term as the 47th President of the United States. (Anna MoneyMaker/Getty images)
The constitutional law lawyer and collaborator of Fox News, Jonathan Turley, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that “in the absence of an illegal policy, companies have the right to make their own employment decisions within the parameters of the law.”
“That includes mandatory training in Dei. Customers obviously have the right to issue their own trial in purchases, as evidenced by the response to Bud Light and Disney. And organizations,” he added in a statement sent by email.
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Fox News Digital contacted the offices of the 30 remaining state prosecutors who did not sign the Costco letter to ask if they would take any measure, for or against the business, after Trump’s executive order.
A spokesman for Indiana’s attorney general, Todd Rokita, told Fox News Digital: “Attorney General Rokita firmly faces Dei’s illegal practices and supports President Trump’s actions to put them in ending in corporate America.”
The Maryland Attorney General’s office, Anthony G. Brown, referred Fox News Digital to his letter, Co-firmed by 13 general democratic prosecutors Earlier this month, urging Walmart to maintain his commitment to Dei. The letter was also signed by the general prosecutors of California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Iowa Ag Bird did not respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital per hour of publication.
Jamie Joseph and Taylor Penley of Fox News contributed to this article.
