Trump supporters call for Walmart boycott
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Culpeper man Joseph Checklick Jr. has been arrested after police say he drove through a "No Kings Day" protest Saturday and struck at least one person.
The No Kings events are intended to present a peaceful but patriotic “split screen” to the Trump administration’s military parade and reject what they call the president’s overreach. Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union,
“Boycott Walmart!” wrote longtime Trump supporter Roger Stone, who added: “The Walmart Heiress subsidizes insurrection. Next up peaceful protest outside all of their stores to encourage people not to shop there. Essentially what left-wing stooges did to Tesla. Let’s go.”
Protesters held signs that read, “No kings since 1776,” “Bad Things Happen When Good People Do Nothing,” “Stop the Parade Fund Medicaid,” “When cruelty becomes normal compassion looks radical” and “Make Orwell Fiction Again.”
The backlash comes after Walmart heiress Christy Walton reportedly paid for a 'No Kings,' ad, which has been perceived as being anti-Trump.
Retailer Walmart Inc WMT has been battling with the Donald Trump administration over tariffs and may have a new fight on its hands with Trump fans thanks to an heiress of the company's founding family.
The military parade coincides with President Donald Trump’s birthday, but faces opposition from planned protests, which organizers are dubbing a “national day of defiance.”