The owner of Mercola Market, Dr. Joseph Mercola, tweeted on Tuesday that “Chase bank has shut down our business bank accounts along with the accounts of my CEO and CFO, as well as their family members (including spouse and child). They’ve refused to provide any reason for doing so, the oldest account has been active for 18 years.”
Mercola Market, located in Cape Coral, sells a plethora natural health products, including food, drinks, vitamins, soaps, lotions, and clothing.
Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Mercola was a vocal critic of former NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s response to the COVID-19, and the COVID-19 shots. He is the coauthor of the book, The Truth About COVID-19.
The New York Times dubbed Mercola a “misinformation superspreader” in a documentary about the doctor in August 2022.
Mercola, the CEO, CFO and their family members, received similar letters from Chase Bank on July 13, stating “[they] have decided to close” their individual personal and business accounts, Florida’s Voice reported.
In May, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed comprehensive legislation to protect Floridians from the corporatist environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) movement.
Chase’s actions potentially violated the new Florida law, which prohibits financial institutions from denying or canceling services to people based on their political or religious beliefs.
One of Mercola’s employees told Florida’s Voice that he believed the accounts were shut down because of their employer’s stance on COVID-19.
“I believe they cancelled all of the accounts because of Dr. Mercola’s (our employer) opinions,” CEO Steven Rye told Florida’s Voice. “He has carried a contradictory view throughout the COVID narrative and co-authored the best selling book The Truth About COVID-19 which exposed the likelihood that this virus was engineered in a laboratory funded by...




























