{"id":117604,"date":"2019-10-24T15:44:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T19:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=117604"},"modified":"2019-10-24T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:52:52","slug":"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"635\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews-1024x635.png\" alt=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\" class=\"wp-image-116879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews-400x248.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StackCBSNews.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>(Photo: CBS News)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CEO of Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods, Ed Stack, is quietly mulling a 2020 presidential bid, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2019\/10\/23\/dicks-sporting-goods-ceo-presidential-run-055565\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A focus group in southern Wisconsin was apparently presented with political messaging highlighting Stack\u2019s credentials while placing him as a third-party contender against the likes of Donald Trump and Joe Biden or, alternatively, Elizabeth Warren, according to a source who attended the gathering.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the pitch for Stack was his corporate activism with respect to firearms in the wake of the mass killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The billionaire businessman was \u201cshowing leadership,\u201d per the displayed ads at the focus group, when he announced his empire would no longer sell modern sporting rifles or firearms to adults under the age of 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how his portrayal as an anti-2A crusader was received by attendees.\u00a0 But, the 64-year-old magnate was criticized for his lack of charisma. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[Focus group members] mentioned that if Biden\u2019s getting the criticism that he looked old, Ed Stack didn\u2019t look young either,\u201d the participant told Politico, adding that some felt Stack \u201cdidn\u2019t have the charisma it would take to attract a coalition that you\u2019d need to have a chance as a third-party candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stack has not publicly said whether he intends to run for president.&nbsp; However, a source close to him seemed to pooh-pooh the idea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. Stack enjoys running Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods and has no plans to run for any elected office,\u201d said the individual.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/dicks-ceo-destroying-5-million-firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\">Dick\u2019s CEO Admits to Destroying $5M Worth of Firearms, Lost $250M Due to Anti-Gun Stance<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Stack has been promoting his new book, \u201cIt\u2019s How We Play the Game: Build a Business. Take a Stand. Make a Difference,\u201d which like the focus-group materials also aims to lionize him for his stance on guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the things I asked the parents from Parkland as we were leaving was, \u2018What is it that you would like me to do?\u2019 They said, \u2018We would like you to keep the conversation going,\u2019\u201d Stack said during a book tour stop in his hometown of Binghamton, NY. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was a big watershed moment and we need to keep this conversation going. Which is one of the reasons I wrote the book. It talks about all the things you did to build the business to be in a position to be able to make these kinds of differences. One of the reasons to write the book was the commitment to those families to keep it going,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some may applaud Stack for his \u201cleadership,\u201d others \u2014 specifically his investors \u2014 may have a problem with it as Dick\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/dicks-decline-hunting-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\"> sales have lagged behind its competitors<\/a> in the sporting goods and hunting markets, not to mention the fact that the company lost approximately $250 million in sales as a result of its new corporate policies. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But hey, at least he made David Hogg happy. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for standing up and taking action! \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Walmart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\">@Walmart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DICKS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\">@DICKS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Hogg text VOTE to 954-954 (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/969037327841595393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dicks-ceo-mulling-presidential-run\" title=\"Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020\">March 1, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dick&#8217;s CEO Ed Stack is quietly testing the waters for a presidential bid in 2020 as a third-party contender.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":89038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,216,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dick\u2019s CEO Mulling Presidential Run in 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dick&#039;s CEO Ed Stack is quietly testing the waters for a presidential bid in 2020 as a third-party contender. 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