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Under Armour CEO Bullied Into Renouncing Trump Support

Hank Berrien

On Wednesday, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank on Wednesday capitulated to public and celebrity pressure, issuing a statement in which he backed off comments he had made that were pro-President Trump.

Plank wrote in The Baltimore Sun, “In a business television interview last week, I answered a question with a choice of words that did not accurately reflect my intent. I want to clarify to our hometown exactly our values for which Under Armour and I stand.”

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