Consumers’ Research has launched a massive campaign targeting investment giant BlackRock and CEO Larry Fink, accusing them of cozying up to the Chinese government.
The conservative nonprofit organization has been engaging in a multimillion-dollar campaign targeting BlackRock and Fink for the company's forays into China. BlackRock is the world’s largest money manager, and Fink has had considerable sway in the business community because of the firm’s power.
The Consumers’ Research campaign has been going on for months, but this week, Consumers’ Research released a new television ad, mobile billboards railing against BlackRock, radio advertising, and the website WhoIsLarryFink.com.
“He calls democracy messy, props up the Chinese Communist Party, praises Xi [Jinping] and his regime known for violent oppression, invests in Chinese military companies. A defector? No. It’s BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink, the CEO of a major American company who’s gone all-in on China,” the narrator says in the new TV ad, interspliced with photos of the Chinese government.