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 # MGM CEO Blasts ‘Hate Mongers,‘ Will Match Civil Rights Donations

 


 

 Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM ET

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[MGM CEO Blasts ‘Hate Mongers,‘ Will Match Civil Rights Donations](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-19/mgm-ceo-blasts-hate-mongers-will-match-civil-rights-donations)

By: Christopher Palmeri

MGM Resorts International denounced “hate mongers and white supremacists” in a letter to employees Friday, offering to match their donations to civil rights groups including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

“You have my commitment that we will vigorously and zealously continue to reject hate speech and hate-based actions in any form,” Chief Executive Officer Jim Murren wrote, telling workers he felt compelled to speak after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the terrorist attack in Barcelona this week.

Read more at [Bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-19/mgm-ceo-blasts-hate-mongers-will-match-civil-rights-donations).



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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