{"id":2332424,"date":"2024-08-28T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-claims-to-show-statement-from-lowes-ceo-disparaging-conservatives\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:09:37","slug":"fact-check-viral-x-image-claims-to-show-statement-from-lowes-ceo-disparaging-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-claims-to-show-statement-from-lowes-ceo-disparaging-conservatives\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Claims To Show Statement From Lowe\u2019s CEO Disparaging Conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-viral-x-image-claims-to-show-statement-from-lowes-ceo-disparaging-conservatives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2332424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A viral \u2062image shared on X claims to \u200bdepict a statement by Lowe&#8217;s CEO Marvin Ellison criticizing conservatives, stating that they should take their business to Home Depot if they disapprove of the company&#8217;s values. However, this claim has been debunked as false. A CNBC spokesperson confirmed that the network did not air \u200dany such statement, and the actual quote from \u2062Ellison addresses customers delaying significant purchases due to inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Lowe&#8217;s itself denied making any such comments via their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-space-force-commander-be-reinstated-after-being-fired-for-criticizing-marxism\/\" title=\"House Republicans Demand Space Force Commander Be Reinstated After Being Fired For Criticizing Marxism\">official social media account<\/a>, asserting that \u200dthe CEO&#8217;s\u2064 purported remark is untrue and declaring that everyone is welcome at \u200btheir stores. This misinformation has circulated widely, with the image viewed over 500,000 times, but key \u2064details show no credible sources support the claim. In\u200c reality, Lowe&#8217;s \u200bis reportedly reducing some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massage-therapists-diversity-czars-laid-off-from-google-as-silicon-valley-takes-away-employee-perks\/\" title=\"Massage Therapists, Diversity Czars Laid Off From Google As Silicon Valley Takes Away Employee Perks\">recent internal communications<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A viral image <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuzyLiberty2\/status\/1827164062104408136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on X<\/a> purports to show a statement from Lowe&rsquo;s CEO Marvin Ellison disparaging conservatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lowe&rsquo;s went and got woke. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7K5p0V6DSn\">pic.twitter.com\/7K5p0V6DSn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scarlet (@SuzyLiberty2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuzyLiberty2\/status\/1827164062104408136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The claim is false. A CNBC spokesperson denied the network had aired the X image featuring the purported remark from Ellison. Ellison&rsquo;s actual quote focused on customers delaying &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bloomberg-article-advises-americans-to-spend-their-paychecks-quickly-take-out-loans-to-deal-with-inflation\/\" title=\"Bloomberg Article Advises Americans To Spend Their Paychecks Quickly, Take Out Loans To Deal With Inflation\">big-ticket purchases<\/a>&rdquo; due to inflation, according to a CNBC video report.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lowe&rsquo;s is ending some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, according to an internal memo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/home-improvement-retailer-lowes-latest-us-firm-end-some-diversity-policies-2024-08-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported. The company will no longer participate in surveys for the Human Rights Campaign, among other changes, the outlet indicated.<\/p>\n<p>The X image, viewed over 500,000 times as of writing, purports to show a statement from Ellison disparaging conservatives. &ldquo;If conservatives do not like our values, they should take their money to Home Depot,&rdquo; the purported statement reads. The image appears to stem from a CNBC video report featuring a chyron with the phrase, &ldquo;Earnings Alert: Lowe&rsquo;s Cuts Full-Year Outlook.&rdquo; &ldquo;Lowe&rsquo;s went and got woke,&rdquo; the image&rsquo;s caption claims.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is false. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2024\/08\/20\/loweas-cuts-full-year-outlook-as-it-expects-home-improvement-sales-to-weaken.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC video report<\/a> featuring the chyron about Lowe&rsquo;s cuts is real, the quote from Ellison is not. The actual quote from Ellison that appears at the video report&rsquo;s 00:50-second mark is as follows: &ldquo;Inflation remains high. And big-ticket purchases are being delayed as customers sit back and wait for interest rates to fall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Lowe&rsquo;s denied the remark attributed to Ellison was real via a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lowes\/status\/1827369292603572365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> shared to its verified X account. &ldquo;This statement is false. Lowe&rsquo;s CEO did not make this comment. Everyone is welcome at Lowe&rsquo;s,&rdquo; the post reads. A spokesperson for Lowe&rsquo;s directed Check Your Fact to the statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This statement is false. Lowe&rsquo;s CEO did not make this comment. Everyone is welcome at Lowe&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lowe&rsquo;s (@Lowes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lowes\/status\/1827369292603572365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, the claim is neither referenced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/search\/?query=If%20conservatives%20do%20not%20like%20our%20values%2C%20they%20should%20take%20their%20money%20to%20Home%20Depot%20lowe%27s%20ceo%20marvin%20ellison&amp;qsearchterm=If%20conservatives%20do%20not%20like%20our%20values%2C%20they%20should%20take%20their%20money%20to%20Home%20Depot%20lowe%27s%20ceo%20marvin%20ellison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC&rsquo;s website<\/a> nor on its verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100059742060475\/search?q=If%20conservatives%20do%20not%20like%20our%20values%2C%20they%20should%20take%20their%20money%20to%20Home%20Depot&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0XFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0LTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjRcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0LTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyNC0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyNC0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9IiwicnBfY2hyb25vX3NvcnQ6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImNocm9ub3NvcnRcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIlwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?lang=en&amp;q=%22If%20conservatives%20do%20not%20like%20our%20values%2C%20they%20should%20take%20their%20money%20to%20Home%20Depot%22%20(from%3ACNBC)%20lang%3Aen&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cnbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. A spokesperson for CNBC denied the network had aired the X image in an email to Check Your Fact. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/23\/fact-check-disney-selling-abc-20-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Is Disney Selling ABC For $20 Billion)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can confirm that this screenshot is not from our air,&rdquo; the same spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=acb05f42373aaad6&amp;sca_upv=1&amp;q=If+conservatives+do+not+like+our+values,+they+should+take+their+money+to+Home+Depot+lowe%27s+ceo+marvin+ellison+august+2024&amp;tbm=nws&amp;source=lnms&amp;fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWtG_mNb-HwafvV8cKK_h1a-aRpNV3VwRSMnTlqIbZe2012EDuBvZ8Lg7NCOhlBcSVI1j94XvNfKysbzLOIO_doEvXbHhr7Gmyp291HkOrijglKdT6jxZ5Fqduj6V7csOcSxcy5cNbItc4rPcJIOVmZiJ740IMiNr0ZeXPOtFlm-scFXqEnNijmb9Tn5_sDJmUDBQGfg&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiAzfuMopWIAxV_kIkEHWb8EtQQ0pQJegQIEBAB&amp;biw=1610&amp;bih=869&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> to support the claim. Actually, the opposite is true. On August 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/lowes-ceo-statement-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes<\/a> reported the claim was false. Besides Snopes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2024\/aug\/26\/threads-posts\/no-lowes-ceo-did-not-tell-conservatives-to-take-th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PolitiFact<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.factcrescendo.com\/2024\/08\/26\/lowes-ceo-marvin-ellison-did-not-comment-on-conservatives-or-home-depot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fact Crescendo<\/a> also debunked the claim.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral image circulating on X claims to show a statement from Lowe&#8217;s CEO Marvin Ellison criticizing conservatives. The post suggests that &#8220;Lowe&#8217;s has become woke.&#8221; However, this claim is false. A spokesperson for CNBC stated that the network did not broadcast the image containing Ellison&#8217;s alleged comment. In reality, Ellison&#8217;s actual statement addressed customers postponing &#8220;big-ticket purchases&#8221; due to inflation, as reported in a CNBC video.<\/p>\n<p>According to an internal memo reported by Reuters, Lowe\u2019s is scaling back some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and will stop participating in surveys conducted by the Human Rights Campaign among other changes. The viral image has been viewed over 500,000 times and includes a fabricated quote from Ellison saying that conservatives should take their business to Home Depot if they disagree with Lowe\u2019s values.<\/p>\n<p>While the CNBC report about Lowe\u2019s financial outlook is genuine, the quote attributed to Ellison is not accurate. His real comment at the 50-second mark of the video was: \u201cInflation remains high. And big-ticket purchases are being delayed as customers sit back and wait for interest rates to fall.\u201d Additionally, Lowe\u2019s confirmed through its verified X account that this statement was false: \u201cThis statement is false. Lowe\u2019s CEO did not make this comment. Everyone is welcome at Lowe\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, there are no references to this claim on CNBC&#8217;s website or social media accounts; a spokesperson for CNBC reiterated via email that they did not air such an image. Check Your Fact found no credible news sources supporting this assertion; instead, it was debunked by Snopes on August 26 along with PolitiFact and Fact Crescendo confirming its inaccuracy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2332425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1492672304-scaled-e1724763679267.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[7380,13420,17022,32415],"class_list":["post-2332424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller","tag-misinformation","tag-fact-check","tag-lowes","tag-viral-image"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1492672304-scaled-e1724763679267.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}