Retail giant Walmart said on Wednesday that it has no plans to discontinue or remove LGBT-Pride Month merchandise, a week after rival Target pulled some LGBTQ-themed products following backlash organized by CPAC and the GOP.
Walmart’s Pride-themed merchandise tied to Pride Month includes rainbow-adorned flags, clothing, and accessories. Its “Pride & Joy” collection includes a $7.98 set of enamel pins with messages such as “Be you. Be Proud.” and “You are enough.”
“We haven’t changed anything in our assortment,” Latriece Watkins, Walmart’s chief merchandising officer, said.
Last week, Target pulled some Pride-related merchandise, including items by transgender designer Erik Carnell, saying the products led to “volatile circumstances,”.
The GOP-led attack on Target and LGBT Pride Month is now including Kohl’s as its next victim.
Will they take on Walmart? Doubtful, it’s far too big.
But what about one of the other the right-wing ‘s favorite weekend shopping hangouts?
If these stores don’t have a problem with large losses in sales because of a group that has less than 3% of the population, let them take the losses. I for one will not be shopping at any stores that support a group that is pandering to children with the their “rainbows”. I will be shopping at local shops to boost their sales and to support morals.