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Campbell Soup disavows tweet from executive that knocked Soros Group

A Campbell Soup Co. lobbyist sent a tweet this week that said Open Society had "planned and is executing" the migrant caravan that is heading to the U.S.

Thousands of Honduran migrants stream towards the border bridge in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, last week. A Campbell executuve tweeted that the caravan was planned by George Soros' Open Society.
Thousands of Honduran migrants stream towards the border bridge in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, last week. A Campbell executuve tweeted that the caravan was planned by George Soros' Open Society.Read moreOliver de Ros/AP Photo
    by Craig Giammona, Bloomberg
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Campbell Soup Co. is distancing itself from a tweet sent by one of its executives that knocked Open Society, a group backed by investor George Soros.

Kelly Johnston, Campbell's vice president of government affairs since 2002, sent a tweet this week that said Open Society had "planned and is executing" the migrant caravan that is heading to the U.S. Johnston, 62, is a former secretary of the U.S. Senate and a Republican.

"The opinions Mr. Johnston expresses on Twitter are his individual views and do not represent the position of Campbell Soup Company," the Camden company said in a statement.

The tweet was noticed earlier by a reporter at the New York Times. President Donald Trump has vowed to stop the group of migrants from entering the U.S.