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...Though Walmart's statement addresses violence at protests, it's important to note that nothing in the advertisement called for violence of any kind and did not directly address the ongoing protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles. Further, No Kings calls "nonviolent action" a "core principle" of their events.
Its website's "about"page stated, "We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events."
Walton is a noted philanthropist and a review of her political contributions listed on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) database shows hefty donations to organizations like Planned Parenthood and The Lincoln Project, as well as former Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign for president.
In September 2024, Bloomberg reported Walton co-hosted a fundraiser for Harris in Wyoming, where she lives. Further, the outlet wrote Walton was "one of the prominent Democratic donors who urged President Joe Biden to exit the race after his calamitous debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump."
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CBS JUN
Walmart heiress Christy Walton's advertisement in The New York Times over the weekend has led some consumers to threaten a boycott of the retailer.
The ad promoting a nationwide anti-Trump protest has prompted backlash against Walmart despite the company distancing itself from the full-page ad.
"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," the company said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.
Walton has also made clear that she paid for the ad herself, and that it represents her own views.
The ad calls on people to participate in the "No Kings" protest slated to take place across the U.S. on June 14, the same day a military parade celebrating the Army's 250th Anniversary is set to take place in Washington, D.C. The date of the nationwide protest was selected to draw attention away from the military demonstration, organizers said.
Calls for boycott
But as Ms. Walton, a billionaire, encourages the public to participate in peaceful demonstrations against the Trump administration, supporters of President Trump are urging shoppers to boycott Walmart.
"It may be time to #BoycottWalmart. #ChristyWalton, heiress of @Walmart has lost her mind in thinking she can fund revolutions against the American people/consumers," wrote X user Shaughn_A.
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees service media networks, shared an image of the ad on X and wrote, "Do you shop at Walmart?"
Rep. Anna Pauling Luna, a Republican from Florida, also weighed in on the ad online, tying it directly to the retailer.
"Walmart heiress Christy Walton is funding full page color ads in the NYT for 'No Kings Day,' a nationwide counter protest scheduled for Trump's birthday, organized by far-left group Indivisible. Looks like the Walmart dynasty is big mad about China Tariffs," she wrote.
Mr. Trump and Walmart have clashed before. After Walmart said tariffs would force it to hike prices on some goods, the president posted on social media that the retail giant should "eat the tariffs" instead of raising prices for consumers.
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Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant;[1][2] born February 8, 1949) is an American billionaire heiress and philanthropist. She is the widow of John T. Walton, who was one of the sons of the Walmart founder Sam Walton.
In June 2005, her husband died in a homebuilt ultralight plane crash,[3] making her the main heir to his fortune of US$18.2 billion. Forbes listed Christy Walton as the richest woman in the world for several years.[2][4] Her net worth was estimated to $41.7 billion in March 2015,[4] the bulk of which came from her shares in Walmart, but also from First Solar, in which her husband had invested. In November 2015, an analysis of court documents by Bloomberg revealed that the bulk of her husband's wealth had been transferred to her son, Lukas Walton, resulting in an estimated net worth of approximately US$5 billion.[5]
Philanthropy
Profiled by Condé Nast Portfolio magazine in The Giving Index, she is ranked as the highest female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth. At a then estimated $16.3 billion net worth, she contributed a total of $3.5 billion cumulatively between 2002 and 2006.[6]
Non-profit organizations in which Walton is actively serving include the national association of trustees and staff, corporate giving officers, and individual donors of The Philanthropy Roundtable. The San Diego Natural History Museum, where she is a board member, as well as the San Diego Zoological Society and the Mingei International Museum are also institutions to which she makes donations.[6] In 2006, Walton donated her own old Victorian home which was built in 1896 for former National City, California postmaster Oliver Noyes and is of historical significance, to the International Community Foundation - Center for Cross-Border Philanthropy. Since her donation, she has endowed $4 million towards the edifice's preservation.[6]
Additionally, she supports her family's own charitable foundation, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which prioritizes education and benefits institutions of higher education such as the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and several other colleges, community trusts, universities and foundations. In 2007, her family's foundation donated as much as $1.6 billion.[6]
Variety reported on March 2, 2009[7] that Christy Walton had set up a production company called Tenaja Productions to finance a film adaptation of Bless Me, Ultima, a popular Chicano coming of age novel. Filming wrapped in Santa Fe, New Mexico in late 2010.[8] The film premiered at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas on September 17, 2012,[9] and received a general release in February 2013.[10]
Politics
Walton backed The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super-PAC, which ran ads in battleground states.[11] She donated $20,000 to The Lincoln Project in January 2020 and a further $10,000 in May 2020.[12]
Walton backed No Kings Day, a nationwide anti-Trump protest on June 14, 2025, placing a full-page ad in The New York Times to promote it.[13]
See also
- Walton family, whose net worth is about US$240.6 billion
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Christian-right media outlets, which function as an unofficial public relations operation for President Donald Trump, set out this week to smear in advance the ‘No Kings’ protests being held across the country on Sat. June 14 to protest Trump’s authoritarianism and defiance of the law and Constitution.
“As America prepares to honor the birthday of President Donald J. Trump on June 14,” began a screed that ran on the right-wing “America Faith” platform and was republished by the Pentecostal-oriented Charisma News—not even bothering to sustain the official fiction that Trump’s military parade is more about honoring the armed forces than a presidential exercise in self-glorification.
The diatribe was written by right-wing southern California pastor Phil Hotsenpiller, who founded American Faith after Trump was defeated in the 2020 election.
In this week’s column, Hotsenpiller warned of the “disturbing agenda” of the No Kings rallies: “to crush Donald Trump’s influence, undermine constitutional authority, and destabilize American sovereignty.”
“Let’s be clear,” wrote Hotsenpiller, “this is not about preserving democracy—it’s about preventing Trump from returning to power.”
Huh? Trump has already returned to power and is flagrantly abusing that power. That’s why Americans are rallying to defend the rule of law and the constitutional checks and balances Trump’s team is working so hard to dismantle.
Hotsenpiller spun a conspiracy theory about the “Walton-Weingarten Nexus”—WalMart heiress and philanthropist Christy Walton and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, two “dangerous” women “merging to push a vision of America that looks more like socialist Europe—or communist China—than a constitutional republic.”
“June 14 is not just a protest,” Hotsenpiller ranted. “It’s a declaration of war—against populism, against Trump and ultimately against the America our Founders envisioned.”
While MAGA religious leaders portray themselves as the voice of American Christians, many Christians and other faith leaders are urging Americans to participate in peaceful No Kings protests—and have been on the front lines this week protesting the brutality of the administration’s militarized anti-immigrant operations.
Trump has threatened “very heavy force” against anyone who protests his parade. No Kings organizers have not planned an event in D.C., encouraging locals to join a flagship rally in Philadelphia, participate in Virginia or Maryland events, or take part in DC Joy Day.
American Faith hosted the ReAwaken America Tour, a traveling cavalcade of far-right conspiracies, Christian nationalism, and pro-Trump propaganda. Last year, Hostenpiller’s Influence Church hosted Christian nationalist MAGA activist Charlie Kirk, who used the occasion to rail against seminaries “infiltrated with wokeism, social justice nonsense” and “overly feminine ‘pastor-men.’” Hotsenpiller has also teamed up with MAGA musician Sean Feucht.
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In a large ad for the Sunday edition of the New York Times, Walmart heiress Christy Walton urged Americans to "mobilize" and take part in large protests on Saturday, June 14 — the day President Donald Trump is holding a military parade in Washington, DC.
Walton attacked the parade as wildly inappropriate, arguing that Trump is not a "king," but an elected official.
The ad read, "The honor, dignity, and integrity of our country are not for sale."
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Far-right MAGA Republicans are furious over the ad, and some are calling for a boycott of Walmart.
In a June 9 post on X, formerly Twitter, Newsmax's David J. Harris Jr. wrote, "INSANE: Newspaper ad Paid for by Christy Walton. Walmart heiress."
Conspiracy theorist Kari Lake, who lost gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races in Arizona, tweeted, "Do you shop at Walmart?"
Walmart spokesman Joe Pennington, however, told Forbes that Walton is only speaking for herself — not for Walmart. According to Pennington, "The advertisement from Christy Walton (is) in no way connected to or endorsed by Walmart."
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Calls for a MAGA boycott of Walmart are drawing a lot of responses on X.
Trump ally and self-described "proud Islamophobe" Laura Loomer tweeted, "I am glad Walmart took this opportunity to distance themselves from Christy Walton’s anti-Trump multi-city ad and to condemn political violence."
X user Uncle Korm posted, "She has nothing to do with current day Walmart. She's an heiress. That’s old Walmart money. Direct your indignation at Christy Walton, not at Walmart."
Another X user, Andy Clark, tweeted, "Ms. Lake, you are off base targeting WalMart on this. Christy Walton married into the Walton family. She inherited her WalMart stock upon the death of her husband. She has nothing to do with the day-to-day operations of the company. Do your research."
KrassenCast's Ed Krassenstein, mocking Lake, posted, "Cope. Cry Harder!"
X user Timothy Patrick posted, "What specifically…. does anyone disagree with? Do you want a king? Should we mistreat children and veterans? What did she say that was wrong?"
Patrick also pushed back against MAGA Republicans who are claiming, with zero evidence, that Walton is endorsing the militant Antifa movement.
Patrick wrote, "I'm guessing that no member of the Walton family is a part of antifa Trump is trying to act like a king. He's constantly trying to punish free speech, bypass due process, violating the posse Comitatus act, etc You’re free to disagree…. But my point is I see a lot of people upset about an ad when they agree with every single point made in the ad. But it’s not 'their team' so they’re outraged by points they agree with."
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