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The billionaire businessman and long-time political donor, The Wexner, leaves the Republican Party, claiming he was fed up with "nonsense".
"I just decided I'm no longer Republican," Wexner said at a round table with local business leaders in Ohio on Thursday night, the same day Obama visited Columbus. , reported The Columbus Dispatch.
"I'm independent, I will not support this nonsense in the Republican Party," he said. "If you do not think things are going well, open your mouth."
Wexner and his wife Abigail have donated millions of dollars to groups that support Republican candidates over the years. In 2015, Wexner sent a $ 500,000 check to a group that supported Jeb Bush's campaign.
However, in recent years, his political beliefs seem to have changed, because he is more and more open about Trump.
In January, he published an online video, criticizing Trump's comments on immigration after the president called Haiti, El Salvador and African countries "Shithole country" at a meeting of the White House. "This is not acceptable," said Wexner in the video.
It was the second time that he denounced the president. In August 2017, he criticized Trump's response to a woman murdered by a white supremacist at a rally in Charlottesville.
"Hearing yesterday's remarks, I repeat that this is not acceptable," he said in the video.
Wexner also commented on his meeting with Obama:
"I was struck by the authenticity of the man, his frankness, his humility and his empathy towards others," he said at Thursday's panel.
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