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He has worked at Tractor Supply for a total of six-and-a-half years and felt that the company was supposed to be inclusive, catering to everyone \u2014 regardless of their sexual orientation or background. But after reading the company\u2019s statement last week, his feelings changed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quotations\">\u201cI felt betrayed,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said.\u00a0<span class=\"quotations\">\u201cI felt that they betrayed not only their employees, but also a large part of their customers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the full story in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/news\/local-news\/2024\/07\/i-felt-betrayed\/\">Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manager, staffer resign from local Tractor Supply after company cuts DEI Elizabeth Izzo, Managing Editor RAY BROOK \u2014 The general manager and an employee of Tractor Supply in Ray Brook have resigned and more are considering quitting after the company signaled that it would be eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and ending its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-press-coverage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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