CNBC reported Monday afternoon that Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz will be stepping down June 26 and is considering a “range of options.”
BREAKING: Howard Schultz stepping down as executive chairman of Starbucks, effective June 26; Schultz says he will consider “range of options” for his future “from philanthropy to public service” https://t.co/UkfFtvPEjK pic.twitter.com/QwzqYp3eUY
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 4, 2018
Whenever someone steps down from a position of power to spend more time with their family, that’s a sign they’re in trouble. When someone steps down from a position like this only to say he’s considering a “range of options,” well …
HE'S RUNNING. https://t.co/vWVH13XW1I
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) June 4, 2018
At least he’s left a legacy at Starbucks — as the guy who said everyone’s a customer whether they make a purchase or just shoot up in the restroom.
Don't be surprised if he runs in 2020 https://t.co/senfYpiNH6
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 4, 2018
OK, we won’t.
He’s running. https://t.co/yQzC0Ccf2x
— Mitch G, Thats Me. (@mgcat) June 4, 2018
He's running https://t.co/tCCCewW94w
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) June 4, 2018
He's running. Next — to Iowa! https://t.co/AERpH25OD0
— Field Marshal Sutton (@jonbsutt) June 4, 2018
Yup, he's running https://t.co/XQGMCjozv9
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 4, 2018
He's running? https://t.co/5896ly8F6d
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) June 4, 2018
He's run– oh whatever, you get what it means, folks. https://t.co/WBNT9DVjl7
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) June 4, 2018
let me be the 34,000th person to say it but: he's running. https://t.co/r0tLpgKu7u
— amy walter (@amyewalter) June 4, 2018
That daylong sensitivity training seminar must have been really inspirational… https://t.co/kGU2yS4iW8
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) June 4, 2018
sounds like he might need a …. espressotory committee https://t.co/FVhiwECsZA
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) June 4, 2018
That was terrible.
A latte to think about here https://t.co/1gwNiGaeRQ
— David Harris (@davharris) June 4, 2018
Better.
This *screams* a run for office. Especially interesting, considering the recent criticism that @Starbucks has faced. https://t.co/9zOutcHm8o
— Wes Rapaport (@wesrap) June 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/peteschroeder/status/1003732748727668738
In 2012, Starbucks CEO Schultz had employees write "Come Together" on customers' coffee cups in order to send "a respectful and optimistic message to our elected officials" about "the tremendously important, time-sensitive issue to fix the national debt” https://t.co/2A8C8Iet5i https://t.co/mqEthny7Qh
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) June 4, 2018
please let's disabuse Schultz of the notion that he should run for elected office https://t.co/7hsi4A4WA1
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) June 4, 2018
Will he win the Sonic fan vote? that's the question. https://t.co/Dt3wvciIkr
— Pearson F. Cummings (@PearsonForrest) June 4, 2018
hopefully a Schultz campaign will be a magnet for the worst of the high paid DC consultant class that prevents them from working on Dem campaigns that have a shot of actually winning https://t.co/PdrIxcwyLm
— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) June 4, 2018
Imagine the controversy over this year's holiday cup if he announces he's running in 2020 https://t.co/i0gvhPhjep
— Spencer MacDonald (@SpencerJMac) June 4, 2018
If the Dems nominate Howard Schultz, 60-70% of the 2020 campaign will be about Starbucks’s Christmas cups
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 4, 2018
He's running for president, and he's the solution to a problem no one has raised or discovered. https://t.co/ze2IyBsJqX
— Sean Illing (@seanilling) June 4, 2018
do us all a public service and stick with philanthropy thx https://t.co/6g8RgF4KBg
— Joslin Schultz (@joslinschultz) June 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/cornerofjustice/status/1003735494797086722
If the CEO of Starbucks becomes president I quit. #BurntEspresso2020 https://t.co/6aEDBp8vBu
— Jordan Cooper (@jz_cooper) June 4, 2018
2020 is gonna suck https://t.co/KfxZ7aQTZZ
— jared_temp_final.mov (@jaredburgin) June 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/BigSteve207/status/1003740159584686080
Polling shows that Democrat voters are still clinging bitterly to either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders for president, so why shouldn’t another rich white guy give it a shot?
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James Woods unimpressed by #BigBrotherStarbucks and its new 'potty training' manual https://t.co/zn9qWjzbiY
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2018
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