{"id":2332973,"date":"2024-08-28T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/home-depot-hammered-for-response-to-fox-news-nail-in-the-coffin-story\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T20:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:28:16","slug":"home-depot-hammered-for-response-to-fox-news-nail-in-the-coffin-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/home-depot-hammered-for-response-to-fox-news-nail-in-the-coffin-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Depot Hammered for Response to Fox News &#8216;Nail in the Coffin&#8217; Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhome-depot-hammered-for-response-to-fox-news-nail-in-the-coffin-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2332973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A backlash erupted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-threads-colluding-with-feds-to-censor-americans-like-facebook-did-judiciary-chair-jordan-asks-zuckerberg-for-answers\/\" title=\"Did Threads collude with feds to censor Americans, similar to Facebook? Jordan, Judiciary Chair, seeks answers from Zuckerberg.\">social media\u2063 platform<\/a> X directed at Home Depot following its association with an LGBTQ program\u2062 linked to an article by Fox News. The \u200darticle scrutinized Home Depot&#8217;s collaborations, notably with\u2063 the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), over a program that provides LGBTQ education to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-city-attorney-calls-out-teachers-unions-vaccine-demands-unlawful\/\" title=\"SF City Attorney Calls Out Teachers\u2019 Union\u2019s Vaccine Demands: \u2018Unlawful\u2019\">elementary students<\/a>, including lessons \u200con &#8220;pansexual&#8221; identities and being \u2063&#8221;nonbinary.&#8221; In response to the controversy, Home Depot stated that they ended their partnerships with HRC\u200d in 2023 and emphasized their \u200bprevious funding aimed at preventing bullying through educational conferences.<\/p>\n<p>However, many users critiqued Home Depot\u200c for engaging \u200dwith divisive political \u200dissues, \u2062suggesting that the\u200b company should focus\u200d on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goldman-sachs-commits-to-reach-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2030\/\" title=\"Goldman Sachs Commits To Reach Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2030\">core business<\/a> and funding vocational programs instead. Critics pointed out the construction industry&#8217;s lack \u2062of LGBTQ representation and raised concerns about the appropriateness \u200dof Home Depot&#8217;s involvement in \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coalition-pushes-to-boycott-beijing-olympic-games-citing-treatment-of-uyghurs-tibetans-and-hong-kongers\/\" title=\"Coalition Pushes To Boycott Beijing Olympic Games, Citing Treatment Of Uyghurs, Tibetans And Hong Kongers\">political matters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Home Depot&#8217;s co-founder Bernie Marcus, known \u200dfor his conservative views, \u200chas previously criticized political correctness and expressed \u2064disdain for the\u200c current administration, \u200cindicating a potential disconnect between the company\u2019s actions and its leadership&#8217;s beliefs. The situation highlights the challenges\u2062 companies face in\u200b navigating\u2064 social issues while maintaining their public image\u2064 and business focus.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Users on the social media platform X hammered The Home Depot for its response to a Fox News story about alleged ties to a wildly progressive social program.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News called the discovery a &ldquo;nail in the coffin&rdquo; for Home Depot in its Wednesday X post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Home Depot is under the microscope after partnering with an LGBTQ program that provided elementary students with information on &lsquo;pansexual&rsquo; identities and being &lsquo;nonbinary,&#8217;&rdquo; Fox News&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1828797955228172531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>In the Fox Business article this post linked to, Home Depot&rsquo;s &ldquo;Diversity Partnerships&rdquo; were put under a microscope, including a disturbing school program arranged by the Human Rights Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/home-depot-partnered-hrc-elementary-school-gender-curriculum-taught-kids-about-pansexuals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>, the HRC &ldquo;Welcoming Schools&rdquo; program sees students educated on LGBT terms, also offering LGBT resources and lesson plans to further this goal.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A simple way to explain this to students is that when a baby is born, a doctor or midwife looks at their body\/anatomy and says they are a girl, boy or intersex,&rdquo; one lesson plan said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, babies can&rsquo;t talk yet, so they can&rsquo;t tell us how they feel. When they start to talk, they may say they are a girl or a boy, both or neither.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the home improvement chain told Fox Business that its partnerships with HRC ended in 2023, and directed further questions to the HRC.<\/p>\n<p>Home Depot was quick to react, posting a response six minutes after the original post was published.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Home Depot stopped working with HRC last year,&rdquo; the company wrote in a reply to the Fox News X post. &ldquo;In the past, we had funded &hellip; two conferences that trained educators on how to prevent bullying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Home Depot stopped working with HRC last year. In the past, we had funded two conferences that trained educators on how to prevent bullying.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HomeDepot\/status\/1828799587693543533?\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Users were quick to dismiss Home Depot&rsquo;s protest, instead questioning why the company became involved with polarizing political issues in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the construction industry is not known for its LGBT representation.<\/p>\n<p>Others questioned why Home Depot didn&rsquo;t instead fund apprenticeship or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-unveils-platform-for-2022-ark-governor-race\/\" title=\"Sarah Huckabee Sanders unveils platform for 2022 Ark. governor race\">training programs<\/a> instead of a progressive initiative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Well, I would strongly suggest you stick to your home improvement business model and stay out of politics altogether so you investors don&rsquo;t suffer.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sherry L Moran (@SMoran48602719) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMoran48602719\/status\/1828838626756833561?\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bullying and anti-bullying has been around for ages. Why partner with HRC on this? Were there no others?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WhosYourDaddy (@WhosYou42922607) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhosYou42922607\/status\/1828860647666508179?\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You shouldn&rsquo;t be doing that either. Why aren&rsquo;t you helping support job programs and apprenticeship programs?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gabrielle Clark (@GabsClark5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabsClark5\/status\/1828837777146089809?\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Home Depot may be struggling with its image and political positioning, the co-founder&rsquo;s own beliefs are well-known in conservative circles.<\/p>\n<p>Bernie Marcus, who helped launch Home Depot with Arthur Blank in 1979, is no fan of President Joe Biden and has lamented the grip of woke authority on America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We used to have free speech here. We don&rsquo;t have it,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/home-depot-co-founder-blames-wokeism-socialism-biden-destroying-american-work-ethic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus said<\/a> last year. &ldquo;The woke people have taken over the world. You know, I imagine today they can&rsquo;t attack me. I&rsquo;m 93. Who gives a crap about Bernie Marcus?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Marcus blamed Biden for much of the country&rsquo;s current economic troubles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/home-depot-co-founder-makes-2024-endorsement-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">openly endorsed<\/a>&nbsp;former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a post on Wednesday, Fox News described this revelation as a &#8220;nail in the coffin&#8221; for Home Depot, stating that the company was facing scrutiny after collaborating with an LGBTQ program that provided elementary students with information about &#8216;pansexual&#8217; identities and being &#8216;nonbinary.&#8217; The linked Fox Business article examined Home Depot&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity Partnerships,&#8221; highlighting concerning school programs organized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). According to Fox Business, HRC&#8217;s &#8220;Welcoming Schools&#8221; initiative educates students about LGBT terminology and offers resources and lesson plans related to these topics.<\/p>\n<p>One of the lesson plans explained: \u201cWhen a baby is born, a doctor or midwife looks at their body\/anatomy and says they are either a girl, boy, or intersex. However, babies can\u2019t communicate how they feel until they start talking; they may identify as a girl or boy, both or neither.\u201d A representative from Home Depot informed Fox Business that their partnerships with HRC concluded in 2023 and directed further inquiries to HRC. The company responded quickly on social media\u2014just six minutes after the original post\u2014stating: \u201cThe Home Depot stopped working with HRC last year. Previously, we funded two conferences aimed at training educators on bullying prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite this clarification from Home Depot, users were quick to question why the company engaged in such divisive political matters in the first place since construction is not typically associated with strong LGBT representation. Some suggested that instead of supporting progressive initiatives like those from HRC, Home Depot should focus on funding apprenticeship or training programs.<\/p>\n<p>While grappling with its public image and political stance, it&#8217;s worth noting that co-founder Bernie Marcus has expressed conservative views over time. He has been critical of President Joe Biden and lamented what he perceives as an overreach of &#8220;woke&#8221; culture in America. Marcus stated last year: \u201cWe used to have free speech here; we don\u2019t have it anymore,\u201d attributing much of today\u2019s economic challenges to Biden while openly endorsing former President Donald Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2332974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Woke-Home-Depot-.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39611,7375,32135,38114,36546],"class_list":["post-2332973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-corporate-response","tag-criticism","tag-fox-news","tag-home-depot","tag-media-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Woke-Home-Depot-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}