Trump defends L.L. Bean heiress over donations backing him
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is urging people to buy L.L. Bean as the company faces calls for a boycott because of a family member's donations to his candidacy.
According to my son who's vice chairman of the board, he says there's been a slight uptick in business actually," Bean said on Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria.
"The reality is that there are serious repercussions for a company's brand and bottom line when consumers learn it does business with the Trump family or helped to fund Donald's rise to political power," Coulter said.
The late L.L. Bean president Leon Gorman and his wife, Lisa Gorman, hosted fundraisers for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud, shelled out $70,000 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2012 and donated to members of Maine's congressional delegation, including Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
Federal campaign finance reports also show donors linked to L.L. Bean have donated to both Democratic and Republican causes.