Bed Bath & Beyond Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share his reaction to the response he received on social media from California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office after announcing that his company would not open or operate retail stores in the Golden State.
“Here’s what I was hoping happened. I tried to take a real high road, really an intellectual approach with the governor. And I didn’t actually name him in the statement I didn’t call him out for anything. I just said it’s expensive to do business there What I would have anticipated is a governor of a state, as he likes to tell me several times, the fourth largest economy In the world would have said hey, listen, Marcus what you’re saying is nonsense. I don’t agree with you. I’m not gonna spend time with you because you’re an idiot, but I’m gonna assign a staff member somebody Just somebody talk about it at all. Instead, what I got back was snark and sarcasm, and quite frankly, a high level of immaturity. If you’re seeking an extra, if you’re seeking an office that’s higher than the governorship, you have to be willing to have conversations with people from foreign countries, from domestic businesses, private citizens, willing to talk about things that you may not necessarily agree with. He doesn’t wanna do that, and for me it was a fait accompli for him.”
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