Many consumers are fuming and looking to take their home improvement dollars elsewhere after Home Depot CEO and billionaire Bernie Marcus said he plans on donating to Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. 

According to Market Watch, Marcus financially backed Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, donating $7 million. While the CEO, who retired as Home Depot’s chairman in 2002, critiques Trump’s communication methods, he said the commander-in-chief has a “businessman’s common-sense approach to most things” and “has produced more than anybody else.” 

In the wake of public outrage toward Marcus’ decision to back Trump, the president has taken to Twitter to defend the billionaire and CEO, saying that Marcus is “a truly great, patriotic & charitable man,” reports USA Today. 

The home improvement chain racks in approximately $108 billion annually in sales. Nevertheless, Home Depot shoppers are adamantly boycotting the chain store — using the revived #BoycottHomeDepot and turning toward other competitors such as Lowe’s. 

A representative from Home Depot spoke with Market Watch regarding the claims about Marcus’ financial support to Trump and said Marcus “isn’t speaking on behalf of the company,” which does not endorse presidential candidates.

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