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Cattledog

(5,915 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 03:17 AM Oct 2018

Campbell's Soup executive takes heat for migrant conspiracy theory

By Taylor Telford
October 23 at 3:46 PM

The Campbell Soup Co. is distancing itself from incendiary comments made by one of its executives, former Senate secretary Kelly Johnston, on Twitter Tuesday about the large group of migrants making its way toward the Mexican border.

In the tweet, Johnston suggested that George Soros’s Open Society Foundations had orchestrated the migration of thousands of people and was even controlling “where they defecate.” Johnston accused the group of having “an army of American immigration lawyers waiting at the border.”

The tweet and Johnston’s account have since been deleted. Johnston, Campbell’s vice president of government affairs, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Washington Post.

In an email to The Post, Campbell’s said it does not support the views Johnston expressed in the tweet. “The opinions Mr. Johnston expresses on Twitter are his individual views and do not represent the position of Campbell Soup Company,” the company said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/23/campbells-soup-exec-takes-heat-migrant-conspiracy-theory/?utm_term=.bfe3ce223904

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uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
4. Yes they do, recently found out one of Joseph Goebels secretary looked for her Jewish friend after
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:47 AM
Oct 2018

... Hitler killed himself.

No really, she just thought her friend was being deported only

At 105 she tells this in a video and explains how insulated the information bubble was around them.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. Just sent them an email via their website
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:41 AM
Oct 2018

And explained I will not be buying their products without his termination being announced.

safeinOhio

(32,688 posts)
7. Great idea, and explain to them that for the price of a can of soup
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:07 AM
Oct 2018

I can make a big pot of cabbage soup that taste much better.

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)
8. You're absolutely right! Any soup can be easily made for far less than the price of a
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:25 AM
Oct 2018

can of soup now...the price of soups, including generics has gone up through the roof, and you are indeed better off making your own. It'll be better tasting too. I used to get lots of soup, store it, when I was a kid/young adult, and it was easier to fix and eat & use in recipes.

As I gotten older, I noticed that the prices have not gone down but instead, roughly doubled and tripled in prices all across the board. Some tomato pastes, sauces, and stewed / petite / sliced canned tomatoes are also very pricey compared to what they originally were. This is why I try to always grow tomatoes and use during the summer months and beyond, to help soften the pricing blow.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
9. Mrs Sherman A1 makes vegetable broth with the scraps of what we have left over
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:43 AM
Oct 2018

from various meals. The ends, odd pieces, etc that would have just gone into the trash as we prepared the evening meal now go into a bag in the freezer. When that gets full enough she cooks it up for broth that we freeze in bags and use as needed for soups, stews and alike.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
10. That was my suggestion in my email to them
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:44 AM
Oct 2018

just google Campbells Soup and let them know what you think in a quick message in their Contact Us link.

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