“Walmart is “kidnapping kids” and selling them, and this can be proven by searching “girls shoes $5,000” on Walmart.com.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
There is no evidence Walmart has links to kidnappings or child sex trafficking. Walmart says the rumors are “simply untrue” and said the high prices that prompted suspicion were mistakes.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2021, 8 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/rayheem.barron.5/videos/vb.100036952551592/553446119187216/?type…
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