{"id":83226,"date":"2026-01-29T19:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/fact-check-trump-twice-promotes-phony-claim-that-walmart-is-closing-250-california-stores\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:51:19","slug":"fact-check-trump-twice-promotes-phony-claim-that-walmart-is-closing-250-california-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/fact-check-trump-twice-promotes-phony-claim-that-walmart-is-closing-250-california-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Trump twice promotes phony claim that Walmart is closing 250 California stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzqhnk2001z26ns776ohj2u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            President Donald Trump did another social media posting spree on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. As with Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/04\/politics\/truth-social-trump-fact-check\">previous<\/a> posting blitzes, this one was filled with wildly inaccurate and often conspiratorial claims about elections and other subjects.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzqwn5b00083b6pn8bjzpsn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here\u2019s a debunking of two of them.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzqhpbf00003b6p0755a1iy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115976146596099501\" target=\"_blank\">twice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115976147900633194\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> a video titled \u201cCalifornia Governor PANICS as Walmart Shuts Down 250+ Stores Across State.\u201d The video, echoed by the text in one of the posts Trump shared, claimed that Walmart is preparing to shut down these stores because the retailer can\u2019t afford California\u2019s \u201c$22\u201d per hour minimum wage.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000l3b6pewvpbsy3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/dlse\/minimum_wage.htm\" target=\"_blank\">statewide minimum wage<\/a> is $16.90 per hour, not $22 \u2013 and Walmart told CNN on Thursday morning that it isn\u2019t conducting a massive store closure in California for any reason.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000m3b6pvmo1wxts@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis isn\u2019t accurate information,\u201d a Walmart spokesperson said. \u201cIn fact, we actually just recently opened a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260114991753\/en\/Walmart-Opens-New-Eastvale-Supercenter-to-Support-a-Growing-Community-with-Speed-Value-and-Choice\" target=\"_blank\">new store<\/a> in California.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000n3b6pdfcb7tdq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/2016735045239914901\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> on social media on Wednesday night expressing disbelief that Trump had promoted both the false claim about Walmart \u2013 \u201cWalmart\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.walmart.com\/about\/location-facts\/united-states\/california\" target=\"_blank\">303 stores<\/a> in California are open,\u201d Newsom\u2019s office wrote \u2013 and an even wilder but equally fake anti-Newsom conspiracy theory the president also shared during the social media blitz.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000o3b6pdtzpakg3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Newsom\u2019s office wrote: \u201cWe cannot believe we have to say any of this out loud. We cannot believe this is real life. And we truly cannot believe this man has the nuclear codes.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000p3b6poa3g27pn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The phony claim about Walmart shutting hundreds of California stores was previously posted on a YouTube account that appears to have been devoted to sensational but inaccurate videos attacking Newsom.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000q3b6pgb6fqz7a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Thursday, Newsom\u2019s office provided CNN with a screenshot from the YouTube account, which an aide said was taken Wednesday night, that showed the account had posted numerous highly similar recent videos making sensational false claims about life in California under Newsom.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgct7000r3b6pveqblkrd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By Thursday morning, almost all of the anti-Newsom videos had been deleted from the account.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzqwxuj000e3b6pqf26a7gq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Multiple posts from Trump on Wednesday night and Thursday morning made false claims about elections, including conspiracy theories about the 2020 election the president wrongly insists was stolen from him. One particularly preposterous <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115976083051639204\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> Trump shared outlined a (nonexistent) vote-flipping conspiracy involving former President Barack Obama, the FBI, the CIA, China and Italian officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgnp6000t3b6pb5ypiqgq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Other posts made claims that were more straightforward, but no less false. For example, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115976044566734223\" target=\"_blank\">twice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115976043575563522\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> posts claiming that Wisconsin has more than seven million registered voters, millions higher than its total number of adults; one of the posts said, \u201cThis is not a glitch; it is election fraud waiting to happen!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgnp6000u3b6pgtijhd3o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Wisconsin does not have anywhere close to seven million registered voters. The website of the Wisconsin Elections Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/resources\/statistics\/january-1-2026-voter-registration-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a>, \u201cThe State of Wisconsin had 3,602,958 active registered voters on January 1, 2026.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkzrgnp6000v3b6p7eltph1w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The commission told CNN on Thursday that the state also has about 4.6 million <em>inactive<\/em> voters \u2013 people who died; moved away and registered in another state; were convicted of a felony; were adjudicated incompetent to vote; or were purged from the voter rolls due to inactivity \u2013 but that \u201cinactive voters are not considered registered voters\u201d and \u201cwould have to re-register before voting.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/29\/politics\/fact-check-walmart-california-stores-closing-trump\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump did another social media posting spree on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. As with Trump\u2019s previous posting blitzes, this one was filled with wildly inaccurate and often conspiratorial claims about elections and other subjects. Here\u2019s a debunking of two of them. 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