Celebrity chef and restaurant founder praises Stephen Ross as a businessman but says he is on ‘the wrong side’
The celebrity chef David Chang has called on the billionaire investor Stephen Ross to cancel a fundraiser for Donald Trump that has triggered threats of a boycott of businesses backed by Ross.
Ross was an early backer of Chang, author and founder of the Momofuku restaurant group. In a podcast Chang said: “This is a complicated situation for me, personally, and I know it raises a lot of questions for people who dine at our restaurants.”
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I respect a person’s right to politically support who he chooses but these are not normal times!. So I ask u Steve Ross to use your conscience! Cancel this fundraiser for @realDonaldTrump You are a good man.Don’t support a candidate whose goal is to drive my beloved USA apart! pic.twitter.com/mTMhCZsmzl
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