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A resignation and call to conscience at company owned by Maga billionaires
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/uline-worker-resignsUline employee says she can no longer work for people who helped 'America descend into fascism'
When Laura Wittmann decided this week to submit her resignation from Uline, the giant office supply company owned by two of the biggest donors to Donald Trump's 2024 election and other Maga Republicans, she did not hold back.
"As America descends rapidly into fascism," Wittmann wrote in a two-page company-wide email sent on Wednesday, "I can no longer work to grow the personal fortunes of people who helped make it so."
Working for the multibillion-dollar privately held company had become untenable for the 32-year-old Canadian in the aftermath of the recent killing of Renee Good, a mother, and Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, by border patrol agents in Minneapolis, she told the Guardian in an interview.
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In a disclaimer included in the letter, she said her statements about Liz and Dick Uihlein, the company's founders and owners, were based on her own opinion, and that all claims about their political relationships and donations are alleged. She urged people to Google their record.
"The most insidious form of evil is that which hides behind outward decorum, concealing the violence of its intent behind written policy, monetary donations, and old-fashioned principle. It's easy to see the evil of those who are outwardly violent, tactless, and crude, but it's harder to see the evil of the frail old man and his wife, who comes around once a year to rearrange our paintings," she wrote.
. . .
"As America descends rapidly into fascism," Wittmann wrote in a two-page company-wide email sent on Wednesday, "I can no longer work to grow the personal fortunes of people who helped make it so."
Working for the multibillion-dollar privately held company had become untenable for the 32-year-old Canadian in the aftermath of the recent killing of Renee Good, a mother, and Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, by border patrol agents in Minneapolis, she told the Guardian in an interview.
. . .
In a disclaimer included in the letter, she said her statements about Liz and Dick Uihlein, the company's founders and owners, were based on her own opinion, and that all claims about their political relationships and donations are alleged. She urged people to Google their record.
"The most insidious form of evil is that which hides behind outward decorum, concealing the violence of its intent behind written policy, monetary donations, and old-fashioned principle. It's easy to see the evil of those who are outwardly violent, tactless, and crude, but it's harder to see the evil of the frail old man and his wife, who comes around once a year to rearrange our paintings," she wrote.
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More from The Guardian in 2021: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/15/trump-republicans-election-defeat-club-for-growth
A Wikipedia page on the delightful couple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Elizabeth_Uihlein
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but for awhile, I would seek out and read Liz's nonsense.
Holy cow...I can never understand what compels business owners to tie their political bullshit to company marketing materials. Seems to me like a good way to lose a large portion of your potential customer base.
I got in an email war with Angie's List once too, when I found at that they advertised on Rush Limbaugh's show. Several emails back and forth, with the company representative trying to justify why they advertise ad nauseum on his show.
I remember that email war got very heated, because they wouldn't just shut the hell up. They kept responding to me, telling me I was wrong. 
