Opinion: Should Giants owner Charles B. Johnson have to sell his shares after Republican donations?
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Charles Johnson and Ann Johnson attend the New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala on Sept. 20, 2018.Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Charles B. Johnson is simply
done with this whole mess.
The principal owner of the San Francisco Giants, an 88-year-old billionaire who lives in Florida, heard enough complaints about his propensity for donating to Republican extremists — as was reportedby SFGATE last week — that he deigned to make a couple of statements to the rest of us, the plebeians. He first opted for a Friday evening news dump, a time-honored public relations tradition where people who have no intention of reflecting on or apologizing for their actions submit an offensively bland note that roughly translates to: Some of you might be mad at me, but I don't actually care, and anyway you’re probably not going to read this because it’s the weekend.