Trump Mega-Donor, a Shipping Magnate, Pushes to End a Shutdown
- She sent employees a petition to recall Democratic governor
- Her company faces own concerns from staff over coming to work
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An unusual email greeted employees at a Wisconsin shipping-supply company on Friday. It urged them to support a petition for the recall of the state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, saying he was violating their constitutional right to work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Most significant, the message came from their boss, billionaire Liz Uihlein, one of the Republican Party’s biggest donors and an economic adviser to President Donald Trump.