The Walmart corporation “appeared to distance itself” from the billionaire heiress and activist who inherited her wealth from a son of the company’s founder, according to a news report.
Christy Walton, one of the richest women in the country, was widely criticized by conservatives this week for buying a full-page ad in the New York Times promoting the “No Kings” organization that is coordinating hundreds of protests against President Donald Trump.
The controversial “No Kings” ad had many calling for a Walmart boycott.
Paid for by Christy Walton. Walmart heiress. STOP SHOPPING AT WALMART. 🤬🤬 pic.twitter.com/KinTckWYRh
— 🇺🇸🍩 JULIE DONUTS 🇺🇸🍩 (@Juliesnark1731) June 9, 2025
“Paid for by Christy Walton. Walmart heiress,” one person wrote on social media platform X in a post that had over one million views. “STOP SHOPPING AT WALMART.”
The ad did not name Trump, but urged people to “mobilize” on June 14, which is both Trump’s 79th birthday and the date of a military parade scheduled in Washington, D.C., in honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.
Violent protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies have raged in large cities across the country, most notably in Los Angeles, for more than a