The retail giant Costco Wholesale has issued an order to remove all copies of Dinesh D'Souza's bestselling book from its stores by July 15, WND confirmed in a report Monday. The inexplicable decision to yank the book off shelves, however, has left the unaware author confused.
A nationwide "pull-order" was issued for D' Souza's book on July 1, confirmed Scott Losse, an inventory control specialist in the book department at the Costco Wholesale's Issaquah, Wash., corporate office. In "America: Imagine a World without Her" the author offers a strong rebuttal of the progressive ideology behind President Obama's policies, which have been supported by Costco co-founder and director Jim Sinegal, a major Democrat donor and a speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention that nominated the president.
Although roughly 3,600 copies of the newest release have been sold at Costco already, an apparently unaware D'Souza claimed he had no idea why the chain is refusing to sell more. "If true, this would be very odd," he told WND. "We're in the process of finding out what's happening. I look forward to getting to the bottom of this and continuing the strong relationship my publisher and I have always had with Costco and their millions of shoppers."
While no official comment has been made by Costco, the second-largest retailer seemingly addressed the decision to remove "America" from its stores on its Facebook page.
The book takes aim at the damage that progressive-minded politics has done to America, with an emphasis on the changes that have occurred under President Obama's administration, The Blaze reported. "It is the Progressive view that is taught in our schools, that is preached by Hollywood, and that shapes the policies of the Obama administration. If America is a force for inequality and injustice in the world, its power deserves to be diminished; if traditional America is based on oppression and theft, then traditional America must be reformed-and the federal government can do the reforming," the book's description reads.
"In America: Imagine a World without Her D'Souza offers a passionate and sharply reasoned defense of America, knocking down every important accusation made by Progressives against our country," it adds.
As of Monday night, "America" was No. 51 on Amazon's bestsellers list. The author has also accused the New York Times of being "rigged" after his book didn't make it to the paper's bestsellers list. A movie by the same name released last week at more than 1,000 movie theaters nationwide.
WND contacted by telephone and email Costco's national book-buyer, Pennie Clark Ianniciello, at Costco's headquarters, but received no response to WND's questions regarding why D'Souza's book was being pulled from the shelves.
