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Washington State’s The Attorney General stands at Costco when the retail giant opposes conservative pressure to equip his diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
This week 19 Republican lawyers General sent a letter To push the retail giant, “to end all illegal discrimination of the company” with its “split” Dei guidelines.
The state attorney of Washington, in which Costco’s headquarters are located, defended the company and shot back at the Republican efforts.
“I am surprised by the willingness of my Republican colleagues to arm the government against business” Fox News Digital. “We do not believe in punishing private companies to make decisions that protect and improve their workforce.”
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The Attorney General of Washington, Nick Brown, defended Costco after a group of republican lawyers sent a letter to the company in which he put his DEI practices under pressure. (Washington State Doj/Getty Images)
The Attorney General of Iowa, Brenna Bird, who, together with the Attorney General of Kansas, Kris Kobach, who headed 19-state states against Costco, swors In terms of racial or gender -specific identity base, attitudes follow.
“Costco must show us the proof that they follow the law because they have public statements that make us great concern”, ” Said bird Wednesday about Fox News. “Many other large retailers have changed their guidelines and are now following the federal law, just like President Trump with his executive orders, and they have to show us that they will follow the law.”
Attorney General from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Sobota, Tennessee, Texas, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and North Dakota also signed the Costco for 30 days to Days assume that the 30 days until the days lend the days for the animals to give up to the days that can relieve the days to answer.
The letter comes according to Trump signings An executive order The Federal Government aims at the Federal Government and encourage the private sector to end these “illegal” practices.
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The Attorney General of Iowa, Brenna Bird, waves to the crowd on April 22, 2023 during the street to the Victory Conference of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in the Horizon Events Center in Clive. (Photo by Rachel Mummey/AFP via Getty Images)
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The order commissioned the general lawyers with sectors and organizations to exhaust themselves, which are supposed to exercise discriminatory DEI practices. Recommendations are made for potential lawsuits against violations.
Large companies such as Target, McDonald’s and Walmart have withdrawn from their Dei guidelines in the past few months under the growing examination of these guidelines.
Costco has previously opposed these challenges and defends the values for the success of his business as critical.
A sign on a Costco shop is visible. (IStock)
“We owe our success to the more than 300,000 employees who serve our members every day. It is important that they all feel involved and valued and transfer these values to our customers at the shareholder session on Thursday.
At this session the Costco shareholders overwhelming leaned off an anti-dei Proposal, which was evaluated by a conservative group of shareholders to assess the risks, which are evaluated by their DEI practices for the company’s end result.
James said that the company’s “commitment to inclusion” neither affects merits nor contains quotas or systematic preferences.
President Donald Trump signed Executive Orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC Trump, for his second term as 47th President of the United States. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Jonathan Turley Jonathan Turley, a lawyer for constitutional law and Fox News, said on Wednesday: “Without illegal politics, companies have the right to make their own employment decisions within the law parameters.”
“This includes the mandatory training to go to the.
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FOX News Digital turned to the offices of the remaining 30 General Prosecutors who did not sign the letter to Costco to ask whether they would take measures for or against business according to Trump’s executive decision.
A spokesman for the Attorney General of Indiana Todd Rokita told Fox News Digital: “Attorney General Rocita is firmly against illegal DEI practices and supports President Trump’s measures to end them in corporate America.”
The Attorney General of Maryland, Anthony G. Brown’s office, referred Fox News Digital to his letter, signed together by 13 democratic attorney in general At the beginning of this month, he asked Walmart to keep his commitment to Dei. The letter was also signed by the Attorney General of California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Iowa AG Bird did not answer Fox News Digital’s request after publication time.
Jamie Joseph and Taylor Penley from Fox News contributed to this article.
