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Posted: 2017-08-14T14:07:00Z | Updated: 2017-08-15T15:31:37Z

WASHINGTON A CEO serving on President Donald Trump s council on manufacturing announced his resignation early Monday from the White House panel, in protest of Trumps initial silence on the white nationalist groups who incited Saturdays deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ken Frazier, the head of Merck pharmaceuticals, said in a statement he was stepping down as a matter of personal conscience and to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.

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By Monday night, several CEOs joined Frazier in resigning from the council, over Trumps response to Saturdays violence. But other CEOs affirmed that they would remain on the council , their representatives told HuffPost.