USA: Walmart withdraws from sale of anti-Trump t-shirts

The US distribution giant Walmart announced Tuesday the withdrawal of the sale of stamped T-shirts "Describe 45", in reference to Donald Trump, after the launch of a boycott campaign of supporters of the 45th president of the United States.

The discovery Monday of these T-shirts and baby layette on the site of Walmart online sale, triggered a torrent of criticism on Twitter.

"Walmart has the right to sell T-shirts + Impeach 45+ (Destituz 45, Ed) but as consumers we have the right to boycotting for doing that is the beauty of capitalism, "said Ryan Fournier, president of the pro-trump student organization, in a message with the hashtag BoycottWalmart.

The author had received many messa support.

Other consumers, however, pointed out that Walmart also offered for sale items favorable to the Republican President, such as cups or caps stamped "Make America Great" ("Make America Great Again, MAGA"), Mr. Trump's political slogan

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the company announced on Twitter that the incriminated articles were no longer on sale, nor were they visible on its website. " These items were sold by an outside vendor on our merchant site, and were not sold directly by Walmart. We have removed such items for a review of the terms of sale of our merchant site, "he said.

MAGA items were still available for sale.

Neil Saunders , head of consulting firm GlobalData Retail, said the Bentonville (Arkansas) group's decision made sense. "Many stores are located in areas deemed to be Republican Voting" and Walmart management must avoid "s' alienate a large part of its consumers. "

Tops bearing the inscription" Destituz 45 "are also on sale on other commercial sites, such as the giant Amazon.

The world number 1 of the distribution had provoked a scandal in 2017 by selling, always on its website and via an outside salesman, T-shirts with the words "Corde. Tree. Journalist ", referring to the very tense relationship between Donald Trump and the major news media, the articles were finally withdrawn from the sale

The threat of boycott is not the preserve of Republican voters. In 2017, Nordstrom chain removed the clothing and accessories of the Ivanka Trump brand, the president's daughter, under pressure from a progressive and anti-arms badociation.