Costco has 30 days to notify the states on its decision to repeal its DEI policies or provide the reasoning behind keeping them on board.

Nineteen Republican attorneys general called on Costco Wholesale Corp. to end its workforce diversity policies after the bulk retailer became one of the few companies to defend its practice. The state officials,

The pressure comes after President Trump issued an executive order directing government agency chiefs to dismantle DEI policies at federal agencies.

In a letter to Costco's CEO, 19 Republican state attorneys general urged the company to end the DEI policies that it had publicly supported.

Republican attorneys general from 19 states want Costco Wholesale to ditch its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, making the call days after the retailer successfully defended its DEI policies as good for business to shareholders.