UltraViolet, a feminist advocacy organization, is demanding that Amazon.com immediately stop selling Donald Trump’s line of menswear.
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos must “reject Trump’s sexism, racism and xenophobia,” UltraViolet said in a statement sent to The Daily Caller.
“Despite Donald Trump’s sexist, racist comments, Amazon is promoting and profiting from him and his brand,” an UltraViolet online petition explains.
“Trump is inciting violence at his rallies and spewing vitriol that white supremacists like David Duke love. So why is Amazon continuing to support the Trump empire?” the petition asks.
“Many of us use Amazon, and the company has responded to our pressure before over the selling of sexist products,” the petition also observes.
“Tell Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos,” the final line of the petition urges: “Stop selling Trump products.”
“Last year, Macy’s cut ties with Donald Trump’s brand after the Republican front-runner called Mexican immigrants ‘rapists,’ derided and objectified women by calling them ‘bimbos,’ ‘fat pigs,’ and in one case, “’a young and beautiful piece of ass,'” UltraViolet’s statement says.
Over 36,000 people have signed the UltraViolet petition since its inception late last week.
Amazon offers several items from the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection including a bright purple dress shirt (wrinkle-free!) and a multitude of very boring neckties.
An Ivanka Trump fashion collection includes a $124.80 pair of leopard-print women’s shoes (that “reeked like cheap plastic shoes you would get at Walmart,” according to one reviewer).
“Donald Trump has promoted violence at campaign events, stoked the fires of sexism and racism in America and espouses a political philosophy that borders on fascism,” UltraViolet co-founder Shaunna Thomas said in the press release.
UltraViolet, co-founded by Thomas and Nita Chaudhary in 2012, describes itself as “a powerful and rapidly growing community of people” which “puts the voices of all women, especially women of color and LGBTQ women, front and center.”
The feminist group focuses on a range of issues including the problem of domestic violence, the expansion of abortion and widely available maternity leave.
In 2014, UltraViolet committed to forcing National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell to resign, according to Forbes. The group hired airplanes to fly banners over stadiums, games, reading “@UltraViolet: #GoodellMustGo.”
Goodell became the NFL commissioner in 2006 and remains the commissioner today.
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