TRUMP TWEET SPARKS L.L. BEAN BOYCOTT EFFORTS
<pi> This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN. </pi> --SUPERS-- 00:00-:06 L.L. Bean 00:26-:34 Linda Bean L.L. Bean Board Member Fox News 00:34-:39 Getty Images 00:46-:50 WGME 1:12-1:19 L.L. Bean 1:32-1:36 L.L. Bean 1:40-1:53 Linda Bean L.L. Bean Board Member Fox News 1:53-2:00 L.L. Bean 2:01-2:15 Linda Bean L.L. Bean Board Member Fox News 2:29-2:34 Larry Noble General Counsel, Campaign Legal Center --LEAD IN-- DONALD TRUMP SPARKS A CONTROVERSY BY TWEETING "BUY LL. BEAN." JASON CARROLL HAS THE STORY. --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- (nats) BOYCOTT L.L. BEAN, NOT IF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. DONALD TRUMP TWEETING THANK YOU TO LINDA BEAN OF L.L. BEAN FOR YOUR GREAT SUPPORT AND COURAGE. PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT YOU EVEN MORE NOW, BUY L.L. BEAN. THAT AFTER AN ANTI-TRUMP MOVEMENT CALLED GRAB YOUR WALLET ADDED THE OUTDOOR RETAILER TO THE LIST OF COMPANIES IT SAYS CONSUMERS SHOULD BOYCOTT FOR SUPPORTING TRUMP. Linda Bean, L.L. Bean Board Member: "I think it"s a case of bullying. It"s bullying me, it"s bullying the companies that I own. " REPORTS SHOW THAT BEAN DONATED $30,000 DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN TO THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION BACKING TRUMP. L.L. BEAN IS URGING THE BOYCOTT ORGANIZERS TO RECONSIDER. SAYING IN A STATEMENT RELEASED OVER THE WEEKEND, NO INDIVIDUAL ALONE SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS OR REPRESENTS THE VALUES OF THE COMPANY THAT L.L. BUILT. ADDING THAT L.L. BEAN DOES NOT ENDORSE POLITICAL CANDIDATES. TAKE POSITIONS ON POLITICAL MATTERS OR MAKE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, WE STAY OUT OF POLITICS. TRUMP NOT THE ONLY ONE COMING TO THE COMPANY"S DEFENSE. INDEPENDENT SENATOR ANGUS KING OF MAINE, WILL L.L. BEAN IS BASED SAYS THE BOYCOTT EFFORTS ARE MISGUIDED. KING TELLS CNN L.L. BEAN IS A NONPARTISAN COMPANY. I HAVE KNOWN THEM AND WORKED WITH THEM FOR VIRTUALLY ALL MY ADULT LIFE. THEY TAKE NO ROLE IN POLITICS. LINDA BEAN SAYS THERE IS A POLITICAL DOUBLE STANDARD INSISTING HER COUSIN"S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA"S CAMPAIGN DID NOT PRODUCE THE SAME RESPONSE. Linda Bean, L.L. Bean Board Member: "Definitely, a double standard. Both of these guys won. Obama won and trump won. My cousin"s candidate, my candidate. But i"m the one that"s being targeted and vilified. AND BEAN SAYS THOSE CALLING FOR HER TO STEP DOWN FROM THE COMPANY"S BOARD SHOULD NOT HOLD THEIR BREATH. Linda Bean, L.L. Bean Board Member: "I never back down if I feel i"m right and i do feel that they"re bullies. That"s all they are. Small kernels of hyperboles on the west coast in California trying to control what we do, what we buy, what we sell in Maine." TRUMP"S SUPPORT FOR BEAN IS RAISING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT"S SUPPORT FOR HER FAMILY"S COMPANY. FORMER FTC GENERAL COUNSEL LARRY NOBLE SAID TRUMP"S TWEET MIGHT HAVE GONE TOO FAR. Larry Noble, General Counsel, Campaign Legal Center: "He"s really willing to use the power of presidency to get what he wants at any given moment, regardless of whether or not the president should be doing that." JASON CARROLL, CNN, NEW YORK. -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- TRUMP TWEET SPARKS L.L. BEAN BOYCOTT EFFORTS