“I’m going to give a free commercial here,” Conway said. “Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.”
Her comments were sharply criticized by the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who wrote in a letter that Conway’s statements “clearly violate the ethical principles for federal employees.”
That same week, retailers Sears and Kmart also dropped 31 Trump Home items from their online stores, a spokesman for Sears Holding Corp., which owns both brands, told Reuters.
“As part of the company’s initiative to optimize its online product assortment, we constantly refine that assortment to focus on our most profitable items,” he said. “Amid that streamlining effort, 31 Trump Home items were among the items removed online this week.”
Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, T.J. Maxx, and Wal-Mart Stores are also under pressure to drop Trump products after being named by the #GrabYourWallet online campaign.
