‘He Is The Enemy Of Every Entrepreneur’ — Home
Depot Founders Blast Socialism, Issue Dire Warning For Bernie Supporters
REPORTER
June 24, 20198:39 PM ET
Home Depot founders
Bernie Marcus and Ken Langone had strong words for socialism and the
politicians who espouse it, particularly 2020 presidential candidate Bernie
Sanders, during a Monday interview with Fox
The wide-ranging interview with the
billionaire businessmen included topics like trade, the
company’s history and philosophy, and even tax policy, but Cavuto hit a “red
flag” for Marcus when he brought up the topic of Sandersand his
socialist campaign proposals.
“He is the enemy of every entrepreneur
that’s ever going to be born in this country and has been born in the past,”
Marcus said.
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate
Bernie Sanders listens to the first question at an African American Community
Conversation town hall event in Philadelphia April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mark
Kauzlarich
“If he became president, what would you
guys do?” Cavuto asked.
“Probably move to Australia,” the Home
Depot founder responded, laughing. “Well what could he do? I mean he can’t do
anything to us. He’s going to affect my grandchildren.”
Marcus then contrasted Sanders and his
socialized medicine proposals with work his foundation is doing with war
veterans:
And let me just bring up
one thing, Bernie Sanders talks about socialized medicine. My foundation now is
working on one issue and that is taking care of these veterans, kids who’ve
fought in Afghanistan, Iraq. You know that 20 a day commit suicide, 20 every
single day. What is Bernie Sanders doing about that? Why doesn’t he shut his
mouth and do something about these kids? They go to the Veterans
Administration, they can’t take care of it.
The proof in the pudding is
20 a day are committing suicide. If it was measles, the CDC – the world will be
in an uproar. But it’s the kids that put their lives on the line that are
treated so badly, I didn’t hear one single candidate talk about it.
By the way, Trump is fully
supportive of this and you know he’s done some things, they could fire people
that have done the wrong thing at the Veterans Administration. The Veterans
Administration is what medical care is going to be like in the United States if
Bernie Sanders is elected president.
Cavuto thought he was going to switch the
subject to something else, but Langone wasn’t finished with the topic of
Sanders.
“I don’t know, but let me go back to Bernie
Sanders for a minute,” said Langone. “Believe it or not, Chavez in Venezuela
came to power through a democratic process. If the people in America today, the
fellows out here with the hard hats on, if they want to know what the future
holds for them, and they follow Bernie Sanders, go to Cuba, go to Venezuela, go
to Russia, go to eastern Europe. Guess what? It doesn’t work. It never works.
“The average Venezuelan last year lost 34
pounds. There is no food out there,” he added(RELATED: Home Depot Co-Founder’s Message For Obama: ‘Go Off Into The
Sunset’)
Earlier in the interview, Marcus responded
to a question about higher taxes by joking that people who want them “trust the
government” more than he does. He then pointed to the billions his own
foundation has given away.
“Look we do better with our money than the
government,” he said. “Why would I want the government to have it? Anything
they touch …”
Responding to a question about Trump’s
prediction that the market could crash should he lose, Langone expressed hope
that Trump is wrong, but also said: “On the other hand, I think when you change
the structure of what we are as a nation, it’s a risk. We may have a good shot
of a severe economic downturn if the American people go in that direction. It’s
what happened in Venezuela.”
Home Depot Co-Founder’s Message For Obama: ‘Go
Off Into The Sunset’
September 13, 20181:46 PM ET
Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone offered a
spicy bit of advice to former President Barack Obama on Fox News’ “Your World
with Neil Cavuto” Wednesday night.
Langone, who founded The Home Depot with
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, among others, insisted Barack Obama should
“go off into the sunset” and “keep [his] mouth shut.”
“Why don’t you think the president is
getting more of the goodwill from this good economy — the good markets?” Cavuto
asked. “Now there’s been a battle between [Trump] and President Obama; who
takes the credit for this bull market — the longest in history? Who does?”
“Forget about it” Langone began.
“Obama ought to do what every great president did. Go off into the sunset. Be
the mother of the groom. Wear beige and keep your mouth shut. OK?”
“What I’m saying is that, like it or
not, Trump’s base is rock solid,” he continued. “Donald Trump needs 15 percent
of the voters to get re-elected in 2020. That 35 percent is rock solid. I would
hope he would do things different than he did, but damn, give the guy credit.
The Koreans had a big parade. They didn’t have — nothing. We had a meeting with
them. I watched John Kerry on television. Oh, we couldn’t get a meeting with
them.”
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