Mask Off, Toyota Chairman Goes Full MAGA
WASHINGTON — Akio Toyoda, the Chairman and scion of Toyota Motor Corp., wore a Make America Great Again hat and a Trump-Vance t-shirt at a NASCAR-themed race held in Japan on Sunday.
In response, Adam Zuckerman, senior clean vehicles campaigner with Public Citizen’s Climate Program, issued the following statement:
“By wearing President Trump’s face on his chest, Chairman Toyoda has shown he will do anything to appease and cozy up to this anti-EV and anti-climate administration. Seventy-five percent of polled Republicans and 90% of polled Democrats who own Toyotas said that the company should support stronger emissions standards—standards that Toyota has worked with Trump to dismantle.”
“By embracing a divisive, authoritarian administration set on killing clean transportation, Toyota threatens to alienate much of its customer base that has been loyal to Toyota since it introduced the Prius. When pollsters told 1,000 Toyota owners about the company’s opposition to climate policy, it led to a 32% drop in Toyota’s favorability rating.”
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