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Walmart’s Twitter account on Wednesday posted, then deleted, a critical comment under a tweet of Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) in which he says he will object to the January 6 certifying of Electoral College votes by Congress and Vice President Mike Pence. After intense backlash from across the social media site, Walmart issued an apology, blaming the tweet calling the senator a “#soreloser” on an employee’s mistake.
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“The tweet published earlier was mistakenly posted by a member of our social media team,” the corporation tweeted Wednesday afternoon. “We deleted the post and have no intention of commenting on the subject of certifying the electoral college. We apologize to Senator Hawley for this error and any confusion about our position.”
In a statement to Newsweek, Casey Staheli, Walmart’s senior manager of national media relations, said that the social media team member “intended to publish this comment to their personal account.”
Wednesday morning, the Missouri Republican tweeted that “Millions of voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard. I will object on January 6 on their behalf.”
Under that tweet, Walmart’s account commented “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #soreloser”
A couple of hours later, Hawley fired back at the incendiary comment, asking if the corporation would apologize “for using slave labor”.
“Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension,” the senator tweeted, with a screenshot of the comment. “Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?”
“Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business,” he added.
Hawley’s objection, alongside the backing of Republican Congressman Mo Brooks (Ala.) and others, would usher in a two-hour debate in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Following which, they would vote on whether to approve or reject the objection. In order to successfully toss out the electoral votes, which experts overwhelmingly see as a longshot, both chambers of Congress would need to agree on the objection.
Over the past century, both chambers being forced to vote on whether they agree with a state’s Electoral College votes has only happened twice.
While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other GOP leaders have been urging the members of their caucus to not object to the certification of the states’ electoral votes on January 6 in a joint-session of Congress, a vocal handful of members backed by President Donald Trump have stated they’ll object to it.
Despite the Electoral College votes already having been officially cast on December 14, solidifying President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, President Trump refuses to concede, alleging widespread election fraud and that the election was “rigged” and “stolen” from him. The slew of legal cases filed by the president’s associates and supporters in multiple states failed to properly demonstrate that widespread fraud occurred and changed the election results, with the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month striking down a multi-state suit trying to throw out the results in a few swing states.
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© Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) listens during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. on October 13, 2020.A Walmart employee has been offered free rent by an admirers on social media after using the company's Twitter account to call Republican Senator Josh Hawley a 'sore loser' for vowing to object to Congress officially certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win next week.
The employee used the Walmart account to reply to a tweet from Hawley announcing that he will object to Biden's certification in support of President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud. The unauthorized tweet rankled Hawley and enraged Trump supporters who vowed to boycott the company, but others sought to financially reward the employee who made it.
'To the Walmart employee who bravely posted the #soreloser tweet on the @Walmart twitter, please contact me,' Don Winslow, a popular fiction writer and frequent Trump critic, tweeted on Wednesday evening. 'I want to pay your rent/mortgage payment next month. And yes, I'm serious.'
To the Walmart employee who bravely posted the #soreloser tweet on the @Walmart twitter, please contact me.
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— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) December 30, 2020Additional Twitter users responded to Winslow's tweet with similar offers of money for the anonymous employee, with several suggesting that a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign should also be started.
The identity of the employee is still unknown, however, Winslow tweeted that the worker should be able to provide proof of their employment with Walmart and access to the company's corporate social media account when challenged on the feasibility of the scheme, adding that 'it's not complicated and I've done this before.'
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The since-deleted tweet told Hawley to 'go ahead' and 'get your 2 hour debate,' alongside the hashtag #soreloser. It was made in response to a Hawley tweet explaining that he would object to Biden's win on January 6 because 'millions of voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard.'
'Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension. Now that you've insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?' Hawley tweeted in response. 'Or maybe you'd like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business.'
Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor? pic.twitter.com/oYJP4Cv2qE
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— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 30, 2020Casey Staheli, Walmart's senior manager of national media relations, toldNewsweek that the tweet 'was mistakenly posted by a member of our social media team who intended to publish this comment to their personal account,' before offering an apology to Hawley for 'this error and any confusion about our position.' Hawley has not yet publicly commented on Walmart's apology.
Hawley's commitment to challenge the certification and similar pledges made by several House Republicans means Congress will debate the matter, but the challenges will not change the outcome of the election. For an objection to stand, both chambers of Congress would have to vote in favor of it.
The Democratic-controlled House is extremely unlikely to vote in favor of any objection. The GOP-controlled Senate is also unlikely to oblige since multiple Republican senators have congratulated Biden and called for Trump to stop promoting unverified voter fraud theories.
Newsweek reached out to Hawley's office for comment.
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