Sean Strickland reacts to Harley-Davidson ditching diversity policies amid mass backlash over CEO's comments
Sean Strickland sure loves his motorcycles. However, Harley-Davidson seems to have got on his bad side. The legendary motorcycle manufacturer has been facing a plethora of criticism in recent days.
For one, social media star Robby Starbuck recently brought to light a disturbing analogy made by the company's Jochen Zeitz CEO during the 2020 Zermatt Summit in Switzerland.
Per a report by The Economic Times, during the summit, Zeitz bragged about the new sustainability committee he was setting up, referring to himself as the Sustainable Taliban. Many American Harley-Davidson users were offended by the comparison given the Taliban's violent past.
The company later released a statement defending Zeitz, claiming that the CEO's comments were merely a critique of traditional capitalism. Furthermore, the motorcycle manufacturer has also invited severe conservative backlash over its inclusivity policies recently.
In response, earlier this week Harley-Davidson announced that they were ditching some of their inclusivity goals and promised that the company now adhered to no hiring quotas or supplier diversity goals.
While the Wisconsin-based firm making a U-turn on its DEI policies might seem like a win with Strickland, given his pessimistic stance on the LGBTQIA+ community, 'Tarzan' is still not sold.
In a recent post on X, the former UFC middleweight champion took aim at Zeitz, writing:
"Until your CEO goes Harley is dead... Don't buy Harley until the CEO is gone."
'Tarzan' continued his onslaught stating that he was selling off his 'Hog':
"Idk man... The weather is getting good in Vegas, but the thought of pulling out the Harley to ride just feels wrong... still have it listed to sell."
When Sean Strickland called Harley-Davidson's CEO "a woke zealot"
Sean Strickland wants Americans not to buy Harley-Davidson motorcycles. 'Tarzan' believes the company's CEO Jochen Zeitz is an industry plant, whose sole purpose is to sway the public perception to leftist agendas.
In a recent post on his Instagram handle, the No.1 ranked UFC middleweight contender cast aspersions on the Zeitz saying:
"The CEO of Harley is a woke zealot. This man wrote the book on wokeism. He wants to fundamentally change who you are, how you live and how you think, and how you raise your family... This German they put in this company is an industry plant by this corrupt sick leftist, oligarch [George Soros] to ruin, control and manipulate Harley."
Catch Sean Strickland's comments below: