Boycott of Equinox, SoulCycle Gyms Urged After News That Billionaire Owner is Hosting Trump Fundraiser
Calls to ‘boycott Equinox’ rang out across social media after news broke that Stephen Ross, the owner of luxury fitness chains Equinox gym, SoulCycle, Blink Fitness and PURE Yoga, is hosting a $250,000 Trump fundraiser in the Hamptons on Friday.
The Washington Post reports: “Money raised at these fundraisers will go toward Trump Victory, a fundraising committee for both the Trump 2020 campaign and the Republican National Committee.”
News of the event has inspired calls to boycott Ross’s brands.
I’ve started this t.co/aykmdJ0O2m petition to voice our outrage, as members, at this betrayal by @Equinox. Please sign it.
Equinox: Demand EQUINOX end its support of DONALD TRUMP – Sign the Petition! t.co/a09GO0FPNU via @Change
— Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) August 7, 2019
Yikes, @soulcycle too!
— Brian Sims (@BrianSimsPA) August 7, 2019
I literally just cancelled my equinox membership because of this.
— HandsomeBLuckypants (@BLuckypants) August 7, 2019
#boycottequinox – Don’t fund hate. Plus @realDonaldTrump has been boycotting the gym for years, why support him? #WhiteSupremacistInChief
— Cornelius Suttree (@suttree7) August 7, 2019
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