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Walmart's Walton family backing Clinton
washington examiner ^ | September 7, 2016

Posted on 09/07/2016 4:51:05 PM PDT by SMGFan

The heirs of late Walmart founder Sam Walton are backing Hillary Clinton for president.

Collectively, the leading members of Arkansas' Walton family have given about $714,000 to the candidate and the Democratic Party during the current election cycle, federal records show.

The donations are an example of the longstanding ties between the Walton and Clinton families. It is an awkward situation for the candidate, a former Walmart board member, since most of her allies in organized labor and the broader liberal movement detest the Waltons, mainly because of the company's anti-union stance.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: ar2016; fundingtheleft; hillary2016; hillaryendorsement; retail; walmart; waltonfamily
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To: SMGFan

Not surprising...she was on their Board.


21 posted on 09/07/2016 5:00:37 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: SMGFan

Great Wall of Mart is dead to me ...... order almost everything online now if I need it. Walton’s can go suck a bag of donkey ....’. for all I care !


22 posted on 09/07/2016 5:01:40 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Hillary promises to get the money out of politics but only after she spends $2 billion getting there.


23 posted on 09/07/2016 5:02:26 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They also want to see that food stamp use continue to grow.


24 posted on 09/07/2016 5:03:13 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: TTFlyer

Wal-Mart is backing China you mean.

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China for cheap products and Mexico for cheap labors and poor customers.


25 posted on 09/07/2016 5:03:48 PM PDT by QuigleyDU
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To: SMGFan

Of course they are...she is the party of WALLSTREET
and Trump is party of Wall Street!


26 posted on 09/07/2016 5:03:58 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: SMGFan

Of course they are: cheap goods from China+cheap labor here.


27 posted on 09/07/2016 5:03:59 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: rockinqsranch

We’re double boycotting them.


28 posted on 09/07/2016 5:06:29 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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To: Leep

So that explains it!


29 posted on 09/07/2016 5:06:47 PM PDT by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Yepper.

Trump has to let the people know that the currency manipulators of China were protected from the power of the tariff by corrupt people in Washington DC. And those corrupt people in DC were bought and paid for by these types.

30 posted on 09/07/2016 5:07:22 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: SMGFan

I remember the days this site swore by Wal-Mart.

Glad I never fell in love with that dump.


31 posted on 09/07/2016 5:07:41 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: SMGFan

It’s obvious that Sam Walton’s descendants aren’t very bright. If she could, their princess would shut down every Walmart in the country. You can’t fix stupid and this bunch has to be the stupidest of the stupid.


32 posted on 09/07/2016 5:08:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: showme_the_Glory

Just another way to package a bribe.


33 posted on 09/07/2016 5:09:59 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: SMGFan
Collectively, the leading members of Arkansas' Walton family have given about $714,000 to the candidate and the Democratic Party during the current election cycle, federal records show.

On the scale of what the Waltons COULD donate, that's not a whole lot of money...I mean it's only six figures...

It's probably more like "give these grifters some money so they quit bugging us"...

34 posted on 09/07/2016 5:11:28 PM PDT by Popman (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people...)
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To: VanDeKoik

I still swear by Walmart. When I need things I don’t have time to clip coupons, waste gas, or browse the Internet for deals. I work 2 jobs so I need to be in and out. I’m sure as Hell ain’t going to Target, where I’ll probably get molested in the bathroom by some makeup-wearing he-man.


35 posted on 09/07/2016 5:12:40 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They want to keep that Chicom slave-produced merchandise flowing to their stores. We will buy much less from Walmart after knowing how their money is spent.


36 posted on 09/07/2016 5:14:47 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: clee1

stopped going in there as it is like a jerry Springer show anyway.


37 posted on 09/07/2016 5:14:56 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: SMGFan

Just another reason to avoid Wal-mart at all costs.


38 posted on 09/07/2016 5:16:01 PM PDT by No Socialist
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Let’s see how Walmart likes the new $20 minimum wage under Hilly.


39 posted on 09/07/2016 5:16:04 PM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: SMGFan

They need to sell their cheap Chink poison to Americans...


40 posted on 09/07/2016 5:16:55 PM PDT by EEGator
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