far, a lot of people. yes. neil: a lot of people that might not like ben and jerry s politics. i don t know about you, but it would take an act of god for them to pull away a pint of chunky monkey from me. what i m saying is, do we go too far with this? no. no one is going into ross office and say you have to close executives knox, you have to get rid of your business. he can host neil: who is he hurting though? who are they hurting? in this case might be the people that work at equinox or soul cycle. if it were to grow and you re right, it s too early those are the jobs that are lost, not the billionaire investor. yeah, you just described a civic pressure campaign, this is the same strategy that fox news is using boycotting twitter since april. neil: would you apply the
southern border, detention centers and the number of refugees that the federal government allows in the united states. rick? rich, there s also been some backlash over the president s fund-raising events. there has been, especially for stephen ross. he s going to be fund raising in the hamptons. he s a real estate guy. the company that he owns, a number of celebrities say they boycott the fitness chains. the president said we were competitors but friends. he s a great guy. probably be more inclined to support me. he s out on the hamptons and expected to be back in new jersey later on this afternoon. rick? thanks, rich. appreciate that. ahead, the man hunt in tennessee where a prison worker was found dead. an unmate on the run. i ll talk with the investigator
neil? neil: thanks. have a good weekend. and stephen ross is a fund raiser from massachusetts, also a donald trump supporter. ernie, very good to have you. thanks for coming me. thanks for having me. neil: what do you make of the dust up over this? it s like a rock fight out there. you know, nobody is listening to patrick henry. you should be able to support who you want to support, this is america. i ve never lost a friend over politics. i don t think i lose business over politics. it s getting rough out there. neil: so if someone were to threaten your business because of the fact that you like donald trump, what would you do? well, i d probably wouldn t acknowledge it because that s usually the way to go. with me, you know, i take care of my family, i take care of my employees, i take care of my community. i voted for president trump.
back away from some of the president s policies saying i have known donald 40 years. while we agree on some issues, we disagree on many others and i have never been bashful about expressing my opinion. the rnc and the trump campaign ahead of this were saying that stephen ross was exercising his first amendment right. when the president was asked about this this morning as he left the white house, he said that he believes this is going to raise ross profile for the better. he s a great guy. he s, by the way i think he s probably more inclined to be a liberal, if you want to know the truth. he likes me. he respects me. if controversy makes him hotter. figure that out. neil, the fund raisers are sold out and it will bring in in $11 million to $12 million.
neil: all right. the political game on. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. we re going to talk to yet another fund raiser supporting the president. doesn t quiet know what to make of the boycott threat. that in just a moment. first, blake burman at the white house on where things stand right now on all of the above. hi, blake. hi, neil. two fund raisers in the hamptons for president trump. one of them gaining extra attention. the focus there was on stephen roth known in miami as the owner of the miami dolphins and in ann arbor michigan, the alum donated hundreds of millions. he heads one of the group that owner some of the biggest mildings in america s largest cities. his portfolio includes investments in the luxury workout chain, equinox and soul cycle. some customers and anti-trump activists are calling for a boycott of those workout spots because he held this fund raiser for the president. before the event, ross tried to