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BumRushDaShow

(156,917 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:30 PM Jun 10

Walmart Faces MAGA Boycott After Heiress Funds 'No Kings' Ad

Source: Newsweek

Published Jun 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT | Updated Jun 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM EDT


Walmart heiress Christy Walton is facing backlash, and Walmart is facing some calls for a boycott from Trump supporters after placing a full-page ad in The New York Times urging Americans to attend town halls and engage in civic discourse.

While the "No Kings Day" ad did not mention President Donald Trump by name, its emphasis on values like honoring commitments to allies, defending against dictators, and respecting trading partners was widely interpreted as a critique of Trump's foreign policy and "America First" agenda. A spokesperson for Walmart told Newsweek: "The advertisements from Christy Walton are in no way connected to or endorsed by Walmart. She does not serve on the board or play any role in decision making at Walmart."

Why It Matters

Walmart has faced criticism in the last several months, being one of many companies targeted by the "economic blackout" movement this year, alongside Amazon, Nestlé and General Mills.

This backlash could cause MAGA-leaning American shoppers to step back from the retailer, potentially impacting sales as the chain faces criticism from other groups as well.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/walmart-faces-maga-boycott-after-heiress-funds-no-kings-ad-2083607





Looks like the MAGatsophere is melting down over this!
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Walmart Faces MAGA Boycott After Heiress Funds 'No Kings' Ad (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 10 OP
Mind-boggling, but I'll take the support. Likewise Disney's granddaughter is a big progressive supporter. hlthe2b Jun 10 #1
If it names no one in particular UpInArms Jun 10 #2
If they see "Treat everyone fairly/equitably," it gets their panties in a bunch wolfie001 Jun 10 #8
The most "snowflake"-y liberal arts college student is a veritable stoic... JHB Jun 10 #20
We can all learn from those folks, true! wolfie001 Jun 10 #29
Yeah but it doesn't say that. nt. druidity33 Jun 11 #57
Derp derp wolfie001 Jun 11 #75
Did you even look at the ad? druidity33 Jun 11 #77
Oh well wolfie001 Jun 12 #78
I responded to the initial comment... druidity33 Jun 12 #79
I didn't follow "Your protocol" wolfie001 Jun 12 #80
A hit dog will holler. skypilot Jun 10 #18
LOL. A lot of MAGA live in small towns where Walmart is their only option. tanyev Jun 10 #3
Yeah. Aristus Jun 10 #4
Cousin Eddie! Permanut Jun 10 #33
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Jun 10 #19
Yeah, that was my first thought not fooled Jun 11 #46
The largest employer too. czarjak Jun 11 #65
Yep! Chi67 Jun 11 #69
They'll need to move their live-in RVs. quaint Jun 11 #73
Appreciate whatever truth is presented. The firehose of misinformation needs a counter. Evolve Dammit Jun 10 #5
OMG I might finally have a reason to shop at Walmart! LauraInLA Jun 10 #6
I still won't shop there Jkanad Jun 11 #67
A Pleasant Surprise! GB_RN Jun 10 #7
It's a long drive from Dumbfuckville to the nearest store not named "Wal-Mart." Basso8vb Jun 10 #9
Yea either Wal-Mart or Dollar General LiberalArkie Jun 10 #11
This tells me that MAGAts support Dicktatorships. Hmm, go figure. n/t aggiesal Jun 10 #10
Wally's won't miss them, maybe they can start dressing out of Home Depot Warpy Jun 10 #12
Where are they going to shop if not WalMart? NoMoreRepugs Jun 10 #13
kudos to Ms. Walton Skittles Jun 10 #14
LOL I live in MAGAt country. piddyprints Jun 10 #15
MAGA is addicted to WallyWorld.. Where are they gonna get their red hats?? This ain't gonna last..nt mitch96 Jun 10 #16
Mallwart is the biggest grocery chain in the country Hassler Jun 10 #17
Magapotamia Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 11 #50
Ooops! Where they gonna shop? Costco? Cha Jun 10 #21
Where else are MAGAts going to shop? AverageOldGuy Jun 10 #22
Welcome to the resistance Ms Walton. Nonnia Bisnez Jun 10 #23
Who gives a shit if MAGA boycotts Walmart? hadEnuf Jun 10 #24
Of course a WalMart heiress would feel this way customerserviceguy Jun 10 #25
That's a good point. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 11 #51
Bring it on. D. Spaulding Jun 10 #26
Oh well... Figarosmom Jun 10 #27
Where do they have left to shop? JBTaurus83 Jun 10 #28
I guess that just leaves the dollar store. Ray Bruns Jun 11 #48
They are boycotting Target AND Walmart. Let's find a good reason for them to boycott Dollar General. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 10 #30
Well the aisles will be empty of magats dweller Jun 10 #31
especially beloved by me will be the absence of their screaming slightlv Jun 10 #34
Let 'em boycott Mysterian Jun 10 #32
She's so good Lulu KC Jun 10 #35
"Hey America, resist fascism!" "...HOW DARE YOU ATTACK TRUMP LIKE THAT!!" Grokenstein Jun 10 #36
But, but...Where will MAGATS shop now? Beacool Jun 10 #37
Maybe they can create a conservatives-only store chain! Grokenstein Jun 10 #38
trumpland et tu Jun 10 #41
Well they love to brag about how self sufficient they are. Demobrat Jun 10 #39
Gee, looks like MAGAts will not be contributing to the rotting economy any time soon. appleannie1 Jun 10 #40
Don't forget the Bible shops located between the gun shops StarryNite Jun 10 #42
She also donated to Hilary Lulu KC Jun 10 #43
Good for her!! walkingman Jun 11 #44
I"m not a Walmart shopper. murielm99 Jun 11 #45
Let them go to Dollar General. Oopsie Daisy Jun 11 #47
In many rural communities, Walmart bankrupted all the competitors JT45242 Jun 11 #49
No way on the god's green earth gab13by13 Jun 11 #52
Walmart put lots of mom and pop stores out of business. multigraincracker Jun 11 #53
Funding a no kings ad and supporting DEI is good enough for me Sucha NastyWoman Jun 11 #54
Stupid MAGA MORONS!! Canada Kid Jun 11 #55
We've started shopping at WM from time to time. AllyCat Jun 11 #56
They do have very affordable diabetic supplies IbogaProject Jun 11 #58
Silly them, don't they know boycotts don't work. Hotler Jun 11 #59
The "boycott" will be like a fart in the wind Picaro Jun 11 #60
"...urging Americans to attend town halls and engage in civic discourse." That bitch!! Grins Jun 11 #61
I NEVER thought I'd be remotely aligned with anything involving any of the Waltons. Life is a funny old dog. BobTheSubgenius Jun 11 #62
MAGAs love dictators and not having freedom Owens Jun 11 #63
Ruh Roh, does she have more money than the orange plague? twodogsbarking Jun 11 #64
She has a lot more money than him progressoid Jun 11 #66
I doubt it very much Blue Ozarks Jun 11 #68
Buy Dollar General Stock! WVreaper Jun 11 #70
How many MAGAots DENVERPOPS Jun 11 #71
Here is the irony in all this. Huge swaths of red Amerika have no place else to shop other than Wally World. flashman13 Jun 11 #72
A pretty great ad. I highly freaking doubt mahina Jun 11 #74
Really Traildogbob Jun 11 #76
The Walton family share their bounty with the nation. Kid Berwyn Jun 12 #81

hlthe2b

(110,705 posts)
1. Mind-boggling, but I'll take the support. Likewise Disney's granddaughter is a big progressive supporter.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:32 PM
Jun 10

UpInArms

(53,145 posts)
2. If it names no one in particular
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:34 PM
Jun 10

Why are they upset?

Does that mean they realize that MAGAts are the problem?

wolfie001

(5,737 posts)
8. If they see "Treat everyone fairly/equitably," it gets their panties in a bunch
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:24 PM
Jun 10

Biggest snowflakes that ever existed.

JHB

(37,793 posts)
20. The most "snowflake"-y liberal arts college student is a veritable stoic...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:58 PM
Jun 10

...compared to these perpetually-triggered outrage addicts.

These people somehow manage to be constantly full of shit while constantly losing theirs.

wolfie001

(5,737 posts)
29. We can all learn from those folks, true!
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:47 PM
Jun 10

They're brave to pursue what they want in life. I got married young and next thing you know, kids. Go to work, pay bills. A la Fred Flinestone.

wolfie001

(5,737 posts)
75. Derp derp
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:09 PM
Jun 11

The Lady was talking about "No King's Day" and that got their panties in a bunch. Same thing, same mindset. Are you defending RW scum? I don't need a lecture from you. 👉👊🌟

druidity33

(6,790 posts)
77. Did you even look at the ad?
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:04 PM
Jun 11

There is absolutely nothing objectionable in it to support outrage by the right. Not even a hint of the "Treat everyone fairly/equitably," that you put in quotes.

I don't need a lecture from you either. Derp Derp yourself.


wolfie001

(5,737 posts)
78. Oh well
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 06:39 AM
Jun 12

"There is absolutely nothing objectionable in it to support outrage by the right." Which is of course why I said the RW loons are getting their panties in a bunch. Don't know why you even responded to the initial comment I made. It's pointless.

druidity33

(6,790 posts)
79. I responded to the initial comment...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 06:50 AM
Jun 12
because you put something in quotes as if you were quoting someone. Which you weren't... just figured i'd point that out to the people paying attention.



wolfie001

(5,737 posts)
80. I didn't follow "Your protocol"
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:01 PM
Jun 12

Which is quite argumentative and petty as F. I'm starting to think you got a little bit "J" when you saw all "My recs" on "My post." Now go away, you petty fella. Is that enough "quotes" 4 you?

tanyev

(47,175 posts)
3. LOL. A lot of MAGA live in small towns where Walmart is their only option.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:38 PM
Jun 10

Good luck with that boycott.

Aristus

(70,424 posts)
4. Yeah.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:45 PM
Jun 10

Where else is a 300 pound guy wearing Speedo underwear under his sagging sweat pants going to go for his six-pack of Bud Lite?

czarjak

(13,017 posts)
65. The largest employer too.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:46 PM
Jun 11

"What have you got to lose?"
Lib-ownership. They can't afford it.

LiberalArkie

(18,621 posts)
11. Yea either Wal-Mart or Dollar General
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:36 PM
Jun 10

But I still look at early on going to Wal-Mart and encountering the first store that has sales people in wheelchairs and downs syndrome greeters. People who not be employed anywhere else.

Warpy

(113,703 posts)
12. Wally's won't miss them, maybe they can start dressing out of Home Depot
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:39 PM
Jun 10

You know, tar paper loincloths for MAGA males, blue tarp chemises for the women.

piddyprints

(14,975 posts)
15. LOL I live in MAGAt country.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:46 PM
Jun 10

We have very few choices and they all shop at Walmart.

Maybe their plan is to starve themselves?

mitch96

(15,338 posts)
16. MAGA is addicted to WallyWorld.. Where are they gonna get their red hats?? This ain't gonna last..nt
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:47 PM
Jun 10

Cha

(313,103 posts)
21. Ooops! Where they gonna shop? Costco?
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:59 PM
Jun 10

Mahalo and to Christy Walton!

This Ad is Priceless.. she's actually Doing America a Favor.. the Cult is just too Brainwashed to Notice.

AverageOldGuy

(2,753 posts)
22. Where else are MAGAts going to shop?
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jun 10

I mean much/most of Trumps support comes from red states and rural areas. Walmart is the only shopping available in most of those regions.

hadEnuf

(3,317 posts)
24. Who gives a shit if MAGA boycotts Walmart?
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:29 PM
Jun 10

MAGA is only proving that they DO want Trump to be a king.

And that is totally un-American and totally treasonous. I don't blame Walmart for not wanting to associate with that scum.
Smartest thing they can do.

It's clear what MAGA now stands for and worrying about what they think puts a person right there with them.
They need to be isolated.

customerserviceguy

(25,244 posts)
25. Of course a WalMart heiress would feel this way
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:30 PM
Jun 10

WalMart has become the outlet store for communist China. They've been profiting off of selling out the American manufacturing worker.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,735 posts)
51. That's a good point.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:25 AM
Jun 11

Remember those “Made in the USA” signs we would see inside of a Walmart store? They disappeared during the Bush administration when companies ramped up on outsourcing labor.

That being said, I still give Christy Walton kudos for being in support of the No Kings movement.

D. Spaulding

(320 posts)
26. Bring it on.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:31 PM
Jun 10

I rarely shop there, but I'll make an exception and go several times a week just to thwart the clowns.

Figarosmom

(7,036 posts)
27. Oh well...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:37 PM
Jun 10

This won't last long. They love WallMart and really can't afford anywhere else, I'd think. Especially the ones that will be losing their Medicaid and having to take grandma in with them when the nursing home kicks her out.

JBTaurus83

(550 posts)
28. Where do they have left to shop?
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:40 PM
Jun 10

They protest Target and Costco. I guess they will be scraping roadkill up.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,199 posts)
30. They are boycotting Target AND Walmart. Let's find a good reason for them to boycott Dollar General. . . .nt
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:49 PM
Jun 10

slightlv

(6,138 posts)
34. especially beloved by me will be the absence of their screaming
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:59 PM
Jun 10

babies and toddlers running anywhere and everywhere, picking up everything and throwing it at the nearest adult available.

Grokenstein

(6,076 posts)
36. "Hey America, resist fascism!" "...HOW DARE YOU ATTACK TRUMP LIKE THAT!!"
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:04 PM
Jun 10
"Stop calling him a dictator or I'll call the gestapo and have you disappeared!!"

Grokenstein

(6,076 posts)
38. Maybe they can create a conservatives-only store chain!
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:15 PM
Jun 10

Should be a huge success, right?

...Nah, the National Guard will be called out to occupy every Costco.

Demobrat

(10,187 posts)
39. Well they love to brag about how self sufficient they are.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:22 PM
Jun 10

They all grow their own veggies, keep chickens for eggs, and hunt and fish. So they should be able to do without WallyWorld with no problem. TP might be a problem, but it’s early summer so leaves will be plentiful for now.

appleannie1

(5,300 posts)
40. Gee, looks like MAGAts will not be contributing to the rotting economy any time soon.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:24 PM
Jun 10

Wally World, the gun shop and the liquor store are their stores to frequent.

Lulu KC

(8,168 posts)
43. She also donated to Hilary
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 10:52 PM
Jun 10

and if you get stuck in Bentonville, AR, go see her magnificent Crystal Bridges Museum.

JT45242

(3,497 posts)
49. In many rural communities, Walmart bankrupted all the competitors
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 07:27 AM
Jun 11

They can go to dollar general etc and pay 2-3 times more per ounce and get no produce or they can go to Walmart.

MAGAts will act all butt hurt until they realize that the boxes of cereal at the dollar store are less than two bowls of cereal.

gab13by13

(28,894 posts)
52. No way on the god's green earth
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:25 AM
Jun 11

will Magats boycott Walmart, especially after Krasnov takes away SNAP. I just went to my local meat market yesterday that has great meat, but it isn't cheap.

multigraincracker

(36,000 posts)
53. Walmart put lots of mom and pop stores out of business.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:36 AM
Jun 11

Now Amazon is putting Walmarts out of business. What next?

Sucha NastyWoman

(3,015 posts)
54. Funding a no kings ad and supporting DEI is good enough for me
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:50 AM
Jun 11

I’m changing my attitude about Walmart.

 

Canada Kid

(257 posts)
55. Stupid MAGA MORONS!!
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:55 AM
Jun 11

Most of these dumb hillbilly shits live in rural ares where the only place to shop is at a local Walmart. If they boycott the store, they don't eat, buy clothing, get medicines, get toiletries. So I guess they just sit...vegetate....and drink moonshine. YEEHAWW!!

AllyCat

(18,077 posts)
56. We've started shopping at WM from time to time.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:01 AM
Jun 11

We are done with Target. If I’ve exhausted other reasonable places to buy things I go to Walmart.

Walgreens is overpriced, our other choice for groceries is Kroger (ewww…and it smells in there), and Aldi doesn’t have everything I need.

Walmart is still a bad organization, but they did raise employee wages and I like this heiress.

IbogaProject

(4,667 posts)
58. They do have very affordable diabetic supplies
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 10:51 AM
Jun 11

Including very affordible insulin. Old style human insulin is super cheap there and can be bought with out a prescription. Too many dont know this. Their test strips and sugar pills?are equally very affordable. I still hate their business model but that horse has been out of tge barn 30 to 40 years now.

Picaro

(2,114 posts)
60. The "boycott" will be like a fart in the wind
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:23 AM
Jun 11

Walmart hollowed out the core of rural America. All those IGAs have been gone for decades. The rural MAGATs have nowhere else to shop.

Walmart destroyed the base economy of small town America. Now Amazon is here to finish the job. But that is another story.

This will go nowhere because it can’t go anywhere.

Grins

(8,621 posts)
61. "...urging Americans to attend town halls and engage in civic discourse." That bitch!!
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 12:37 PM
Jun 11

How. Dare. Yew? Defend the constitution.

Odd that the MAGA never said a word when a grocery (that old word, again) heiress funded the January 6th attempted Coup d’Etat.

BobTheSubgenius

(12,052 posts)
62. I NEVER thought I'd be remotely aligned with anything involving any of the Waltons. Life is a funny old dog.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 12:51 PM
Jun 11

I don't think their boycott will last long, if at all. Go through the inventory at Hobby Lobby, Dick's and Dollar General and see how long you could live on what they offer.

progressoid

(51,629 posts)
66. She has a lot more money than him
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jun 11

But in terms of the Walton family, she's just average; $19 Billion.

Her sister-in-law Alice is worth 109 Billion.

Blue Ozarks

(27 posts)
68. I doubt it very much
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 03:46 PM
Jun 11

Finances trump Principles every time w these folks.

And yes, pun intended! lol

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
71. How many MAGAots
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 05:04 PM
Jun 11

read the NYT...........or even read at all???????????????????

She should have run it as a commercial on Fox News repeatedly in prime time.........if she truly wanted it heard by the MAGAots......

flashman13

(1,408 posts)
72. Here is the irony in all this. Huge swaths of red Amerika have no place else to shop other than Wally World.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 05:11 PM
Jun 11

Not only that, but it is the most affordable place for people of limited means to shop. So go ahead and boycott Walmart. FAFO!

See you all June 14.

mahina

(19,922 posts)
74. A pretty great ad. I highly freaking doubt
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 07:17 PM
Jun 11

The wingers are going to seriously boycott Walmart.

Traildogbob

(11,518 posts)
76. Really
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:13 PM
Jun 11

That’s like a 3 pack a day smoker boycotting American cigarettes. They might last a few hours.
The Dollar Store got all the Jina shit they need.

Kid Berwyn

(21,375 posts)
81. The Walton family share their bounty with the nation.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 08:45 PM
Jun 12

Jobs and that art gallery that is a work of art.

Glad to know they raise their kids to think for themselves.

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