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2023-04-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Chicagoans Blame Walmart for Closing Down
[TOWNHALL] Local leaders in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
's Chatham neighborhood, located in the south side, held a presser to demand the area's Walmart to not close down, going as far as to blame the company leaving the area is the reason they are not economically thriving.

"We have healthcare deserts. We have food deserts. And we wonder why! Our communities look like they look! That we have violence every single day! It is not just on us, it is on the corporate citizens that come into our community and ravage our community. And Walmart, you should absolutely be ashamed of yourselves. You are the reasons that our communities lack the investment that they have," one speaker said.

"We deserve! We deserve to be able to shop, work, play in our own communities."

Walmart said the stores in the Chicago area have lost millions of dollars of merchandise due to theft and security issues.

"The decision to close a store is never easy," company officials said in a statement, according to WTTW. "The simplest explanation is that collectively our Chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago."

"Unfortunately, these efforts have not materially improved the fundamental business challenges our stores are facing," Walmart added. "The remaining four Chicago stores continue to face the same business difficulties, but we think this decision gives us the best chance to help keep them open and serving the community."

Posted by Fred 2023-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11173 views ]  Top

#1 "We deserve!"

Of course you do...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-16 07:06||   2023-04-16 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 As Walmart shuts down four stores in crime-ridden Dem-led Chicago, DailyMail.com lists all the big box shops - from Macy's to Target - which have closed due to millions in losses from rampant theft
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-16 08:24||   2023-04-16 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Other Peoples Money™ ACT 2...
Posted by magpie 2023-04-16 09:38||   2023-04-16 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 The collective IQ of Chicago is straining to reach 90.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-04-16 10:13||   2023-04-16 10:13|| Front Page Top

#5 I DEMAND they STFU.
Posted by Chris 2023-04-16 11:47||   2023-04-16 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Classic perversion of the chicken and egg question. Asserting that the evil corporations came in and extorted all the wealth from the good citizens of inner city Chicago, and then left, creating the feral youths and violence. Delusional, racist talking points from the inner-city leaders for whom all failure is the fault of others.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-16 11:51||   2023-04-16 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Case in point: https://cwbchicago.com/2023/04/2-boys-shot-several-people-arrested-as-another-large-group-overwhelms-chicago-police-in-the-loop.html
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-16 12:07||   2023-04-16 12:07|| Front Page Top

#8 The CCP gain of function was aimed at people with low vitamin D. They attack our people in China..the next disease will be better. Take out the three gorges dam if they try a military attack.
Posted by Tarzan Glart2999 2023-04-16 14:20||   2023-04-16 14:20|| Front Page Top

#9 "We have healthcare deserts. We have food deserts. And we wonder why! Our communities look like they look! That we have violence every single day! It is not just on us, it is on the corporate citizens that come into our community and ravage our community. And Walmart, you should absolutely be ashamed of yourselves. You are the reasons that our communities lack the investment that they have," one speaker said.

Was his name Karl Marx? Because that's exactly the vibe I get from that gibberish.
Posted by Raj 2023-04-16 14:56||   2023-04-16 14:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Where's that community organizer from Chicago?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-16 17:13||   2023-04-16 17:13|| Front Page Top

#11 #9 "We have healthcare deserts. We have food deserts. And we wonder why! Our communities look like they look! That we have violence every single day! It is not just on us, it is on the corporate citizens that come into our community and ravage our community. And Walmart, you should absolutely be ashamed of yourselves. You are the reasons that our communities lack the investment that they have," one speaker said.

Only in the kommie mind does selling a collection of products become ravaging.
Posted by badanov 2023-04-16 21:00||   2023-04-16 21:00|| Front Page Top

#12 This was obviously going to happen when the Soros DAs stopped all prosecutions other than self defenders and the shoplifting kicked into high gear. The next step of the plan is requiring suburbs to zone for low income housing so the swarms can radiate outward.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-16 21:07||   2023-04-16 21:07|| Front Page Top

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