So far it's just talk on both men's part. But I think if we take your care for the working man sentiment into account, a case can be made that Cathy has done more harm.
When an elected official advocates a boycott of a business that has not broken any laws, yes, that's abuse of authority.
Yes, that is incitement and slander. Rahm in particular is being torn apart for his comments. Its amazing how he ignores the high murder rate in Chicago and instead dives into the controversy surrounding gay marriage. He is a failure as Mayor and he was a failure as Chief of Staff.
His statement was that CF A's business values were not those of Chicago. So he should be denied free speech to say as much? You're advocating limiting free speech!? Politicians should not be free to speak their mind when in office? Are you serious?
Of course if Cathy were merely a private citizen he wouldn't be getting all this flack, he wouldn't have even been interviewed. (Correction, I've been referring to him as CEO, but he is COO.)
Pols like these mayors cross trhe line when they threaten to block business's licenses etc because of the political beliefs of their owners. They can offer whatever opinions they want to, but they can't apply the laws in a biased manner. Of course, for corrupt democrats, this is such standard procedure they probably don't see anything wrong with it.
Only because of spineless dolts succumbing to pressure from the PC police. NOT because he'd deserve to be fired.