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Florida shooting survivor calls for Vanguard, BlackRock boycott

April 18, 2018

By The Associated Press

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior David Hogg, who survived a mass shooting that killed 17 at his Florida high school, is calling for a boycott of two of what he says are the biggest investors in gun manufacturers: BlackRock and The Vanguard Group. Hogg used the hashtags #BoycottVanguard and #BoycottBlackrock in a Tuesday tweet. Read the original story from The Associated Press.

 

 

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