Amid backlash over its massive “Pride” displays that include everything from chest binders to “tuck friendly” swimsuits, Target reportedly moved and scaled back the sections in some southern stores and pulled products by Abprallen.
According to conservative commentator Benny Johnson, however, “Target is lying to you.”
In a video posted on Twitter, Johnson films himself inside a Target store in Tampa, Florida, where he finds products by Abprallen still on shelves.
As Reuters reported on May 23, the LGBTQ brand, which is “under scrutiny for its association with British designer Erik Carnell … are being removed from all its U.S. stores and from its website.”
The designer is behind merchandise with “images of pentagrams, horned skulls, and other Satanic products,” the report continues, noting that nothing turns up on its website when searching for Abprallen. While those products are on Carnell's Etsy shop, where merchandise that reads “Satan Respects Pronouns,” is sold, Target carried "three Abprallen items: a $25 slogan sweater with the words 'cure transphobia not trans people,' an $18 'too queer for here' tote bag, and a 'we belong everywhere' fanny pack," the New York Post reports.
While in the Tampa store, Johnson found the fanny pack still for sale.
🚨 TARGET IS LYING TO YOU🚨
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 25, 2023
TARGET: “We removed Satanic items”
Reality: Here they are
TARGET: “PRIDE section is for Adults only”
Reality: Groomer child mannequins, toddler onsies, books
TARGET: “We relocated the PRIDE display”
Reality: Front of store, KIDS Section
WATCH: pic.twitter.com/Sv3fVo3Pfm
Johnson's update about Target's products comes as a conservative investment fund divested its holdings of the company, adding the retail giant to its "Refuse to Buy" list.
“Target Corp.’s ever-increasing pandering to the Woke LGBT agenda has backfired and its management team’s inept response to a crisis of their own making has significantly damaged their brand across the political spectrum,” The American Conservative Values ETF said in a press release. “We believe their stocks’ long-term performance will suffer because of it. Their actions have also removed any doubt about the company’s hostility to conservative values.”
On Friday, Target stock collapsed to its lowest point of the year.
🚨BREAKING 🚨
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 26, 2023
Target stock has just COLLAPSED to its lowest trading value in a YEAR with no end in sight.
For the first time in my life, common sense Americans are standing up for themselves and committing to ACTION.
We are the majority. We are winning. We’re just getting… pic.twitter.com/7y0DBtUemi
Weird. The market is on a tear on the upside today, yet @Target is down over 1%. $TGT pic.twitter.com/TMh8WKHMWI
— Mark A. López (@marklopeztkd) May 26, 2023