JPMorgan Chase CEO Calls for More Respect When Discussing Trump Voters

Jamie Dimon said that framing Trump supporters as ‘deplorables’ who are ’hugging onto their Bibles and their beer and their guns’ is not going to help Democrats

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in Washington on April 9, 2019. Jeenah Moon/Reuters

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC hosts that people need to be more respectful when discussing former President Donald Trump’s supporters.

“I wish the Democrats would think a little more carefully when they talk about MAGA,” Mr. Dimon said, referring to the Trump slogan, “Make America Great Again.”