1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: All right. Normally we do sports talk here, but this 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: is kind of a story that we wanted to talk 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: about because we're kind of all involved in this boycott. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down. He stepped down 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: after eleven years amid struggles at Target stores. Cornell helped 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: engineer a turnaround at Target, but it's been a rocky 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: few years for a Target of late. Incoming Target CEO 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: Michael Fidelki, a veteran leader at the company, we'll have 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: a tough task now as he faces tumbling sales, tear pressure, 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: and a consumer slowdown. But Target has been in a 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: deep slump for years, mostly due to its own strategic missteps. 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: The company has quickly fallen behind rivals like Walmart, Amazon 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: and Costco. And they can say all this, but what 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: they haven't said is the boycott that was implemented. It 15 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: works after they cut out their DEI programs. That's basically 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: what happened. 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: Well, you know, listen to this. It would be very 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: simple for the new CEO to come in and re 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: implement the policy. You all just followed the instructions of 20 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: Donald Trump and Project twenty twenty five. Well, you see 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: what it cost you, It cost you sales, it cost 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: you your job. Thankfully to Jamal Brian who did an 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: outstanding job in organizing this boycott and for the people 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: who followed through. Now it's simple. All you have to 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: do is go back and retract and say, hey, look, 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: we allow this CEO to make a huge mistake in 27 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: gamble with going along. But DEI is diversity, equity, equality, equity, 28 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: and inclusion. What's wrong with any of those words. But 29 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: when you choose to take those three words and make 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 2: that a case for your store, you are a fool. 31 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: Target should look like America. Dollar General, dollar Tree, and 32 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: all them mother dollars are to look like America. But 33 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: that's who supports you. I'm gonna tell you right now. 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 2: When you start closing these dollar generals, you're gonna hurt 35 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: a lot of people in rural America, and it main 36 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: just black people. See you all not understanding the full 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: impact and brunt of this policy that this new administration has, 38 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: and you get and you get slicked with their diversion 39 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: tactics and all this here what they call it. But 40 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: the reason they're getting away with this is for two reasons. 41 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: First of all, the Democrats are sitting here without a plan. 42 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: In Texas, they passed the ruling to redistrict. So do 43 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 2: you know what Governor Newsom did in California? He said 44 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 2: to off setting, He's gonna redistrict California. Who has enough 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: seats to offset the new Games. Here comes this Latino 46 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: lady on TV last night who's a Republican who's going 47 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: to fight him tooth and nail because that's not the 48 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: law of And Democrats are sitting there. Hey man, when 49 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: they do it in Texas and then you do it 50 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: in uh California, we breaking the law. Yeah, man, we 51 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: always fight fair. I don't like Democrats no more. Man 52 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: the week, y'all ain't got no y'all need to get 53 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 2: a plan. 54 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.