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Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-17): No, Target is not selling ‘tuck-friendly’ swimwear for kids [...] Misleading posts about Target’s Pride swimwear have also circulated on Twitter. Conservative accounts, such as Libs of TikTok and Gays Against Groomers, claimed the retailer was selling "tuck-friendly" bathing suits for children. [...] The Associated Press, "Target’s Pride collection features ‘tuck-friendly’ swimsuits for adults, not kids," May 23, 2023
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-24): Target's CEO has defended the company's controversial 'tuck friendly' female swimwear line, insisting the woke product rollout will be a success. [...] The 'tuck-friendly' swimsuit is sold online for $40 in the adults section [...] Criticisms were also levied against the company after it was believed the 'tuck friendly' clothing was also for children, however a spokesman for the company told the Associated Press the swimsuits are only offered in adult sizes.
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-24): Designs by Abprallen, a London-based company that designs and sells occult- and satanic-themed LGBTQ+ clothing and accessories, have also created backlash. The Pride merchandise has been on sale since early May. Pride month is held in June. Target confirmed that it has moved its Pride merchandise from the front of the stores to the back in some Southern stores after confrontations and backlash from shoppers in those areas. Target’s Pride month collection has also been the subject of several misleading videos in recent weeks, with social media users falsely claiming the retailer is selling "tuck-friendly" bathing suits designed for kids or in kids’ sizes. The moves come as beer brand Bud Light is still grappling with a backlash from customers angered by its attempt to broaden its customer base by partnering with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Bud Light’s parent company said it will triple its marketing spending in the U.S. this summer as it tries to restore sales it lost after the brand partnered with the transgender influencer. Target and other retailers including Walmart and H&M have been expanding their LGBTQ+ displays to celebrate Pride month for roughly a decade.
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-19): Target is slammed for selling women's bathing suits with a section to 'tuck' private parts in its new Pride collection - that includes clothes for babies and children with trans-friendly slogans - Target's Pride collection for 2023 includes 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits with 'extra crotch coverage' designed to conceal a person's private parts - The collection has been criticized for also including items for babies and children - Critics have said the company 'deserves the Bud Light treatment' Target has been criticized for selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits as part of its Pride collection, which also includes items for babies and children. [...] The 'tuck-friendly' swimsuit is sold online for $40 in the adults section. Target has been asked to clarify claims the item is also available for children
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-25): Megyn Kelly launched a scathing attack on Target over its "tuck-friendly" swimsuits, as the retail giant faces controversy over its LGBTQ+ Pride Month range. [...] Target will review a line of swimsuits marketed for its ability to "tuck" genitalia for transgender women, as well as some children's merchandise, following the threats to staff, Reuters reported. [...] "They decided to willingly partner with this clothing manufacturer to make Pride month gear that includes bathing suits that are 'tuck-friendly,' that have extra material around the crotch—which no woman needs because we don't have penises down south," the commentator said.
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-01-06): Over the course of Fox News’ hours of coverage of the backlash against Target’s Pride Month collection, network hosts and guests repeatedly parroted the false claim that the retailer was selling "tuck-friendly" or "tuck-’em" swimsuits for children, even after the story was clearly debunked. [...] While the network has aired at least two segments acknowledging that the swimsuit was intended for adults, Fox personalities and guests have continued to buoy the claim that Target was selling "tuck-friendly" swimsuits to children. Some of those who admit that the suits are for adults still claim that the visibility of the tags is "sexualizing" children, conveniently ignoring the other adult-focused products that Target also sells, like condoms and lingerie. [...] - Outnumbered co-host Emily Compagno claimed on May 24 that "a lot of customers' complaints had to do not with the fact that there were pride celebratory garments at Target, but that they included tuck-friendly swimsuits in the children's section. Now, Target has come out and responded and said those are adults-only. They are firmly within the adults-only section online, but there was clearly consumer confusion or at least people's impressions that there were swimsuits here for children that advertise very clearly that they were tuck-friendly and parents didn't want to see that when they went into the Target, nor did they want their children to be exposed to that."
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-29): The most recent outrage over the retailer's pride-themed products follows the release of "tuck -friendly" swimwear. [...] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said in a tweet directed at California Gov. Gavin Newsom that the boycott is over parents not wanting "their children forcefully exposed to the radical side of pride with 'tuck it' and 'binding' children’s clothes." However, a Target spokesperson told the Associated Press that the "tuck-friendly" products only come in adult sizes, contrary to what many social media users are saying.
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-24): In its ceaseless culture war campaign against all things trans and "woke," the right-wing industrial grievance complex recently went after retail giant Target for supposedly selling "tuck-friendly" swimwear for kids, going so far as to call the company’s CEO a "pervert groomer." [...] "What @Target is doing is far worse than anything Bud Light did. They are selling chest binders & ‘tuck-friendly’ bathing suits for children," he declared. "Target is calling our bluff. But just like any other company, they need our business. We did it with Bud Light. Now it's Target's turn." [...] And on Monday night, alongside an on-air graphic blaring "Target’s ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Swimwear For Kids Sparks Outcry," Newsmax host Eric Bolling insisted that the store was offering "underwear for kids to tuck or not to tuck."
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-24): On May 19, 2023, anti-LGBTQ groups and commentators promoted the claim that Target was selling "'tuck-friendly'" bathing suits for children." Viral videos referenced two items with a tag highlighting the bathing suits' "tuck-friendly construction" and "extra crotch coverage features." Such clothing is aimed at transitioning or non-gender-conforming people. Several viral tweets alleged that these products were what "you will find in the kid's section" of Target. [...] Kayla Castaneda, a spokesperson for Target, told The Associated Press (AP) that the "tuck-friendly" items are not available in kids' sizes. "Both [Target] pages list the products as coming in 'general adult sizing' and offer adult XS as the smallest size for sale," the AP reported.
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-26): Target's 'tuck-friendly' swimsuit is made for adults, not kids | Fact check The claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' swimsuits for children [...] A Target spokesperson referred USA TODAY to a comment given to the Associated Press. Kayla Castañeda, a spokesperson for Target, told the AP the "tuck-friendly" swimsuits, which include the rainbow one-piece and black swim bottoms, are made for adults only.
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-19): Target’s ‘tuck-friendly’ swimwear for kids sparks outcry: ‘Bud Light 2.0’ Retail giant Target rolled out an "LGBT Pride" collection that includes so-called "tuck-friendly" wear and rainbow-colored onesies for infants and children — stoking conservative outrage that echoes the Bud Light fiasco. [...] "They are selling chest binders and ‘tuck-friendly’ bathing suits for children."
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-19): Some consumers are condemning Target for selling women’s style swimsuits that advertise "tuck-friendly construction" to hide male genitalia. [...] Target has had June Pride Month displays with rainbow and LGBTQ+ messaging for years, but the addition of female-style swimsuits that can be used to "tuck" male genitalia has outraged many online. The products, which can be found in a special pride section in stores, are also labeled as "Thoughtfully fit on multiple body types and gender expressions." [...] "Target is just the latest brand that has gone woke and made an ill-fated decision to alienate its customer base by pushing gender ideology into the faces of consumers," he wrote. "Only 0.6% of the population identify as trans so why is Target pushing these swimwear costumes with ‘tuck friendly’ designs and selling them in prime locations in their stores? The majority of men and Target customers do not want to ‘tuck’ their penis into a women’s swimming costume. I’m sure most men would find this uncomfortable and emasculating to say the very least."
Claim: Target is selling 'tuck-friendly' bathing suits for children (Viral Video, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-24): The "tuck-friendly" swimsuits are not for children [...] The items are "clearly labeled on Target's website as adult swimsuits," the AP said, citing Target spokesperson Kayla Castañeda. "The 'tuck-friendly' swim suits are for adults only," Castañeda told the news service. [...] The "tuck-friendly" swimwear was not immediately visible in the Pride section nor in the children's areas.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-11): The original video was uploaded to YouTube in 2012. A translation of the video’s description indicates the UFO was digitally added.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-12): On Saturday, an unidentified object was downed over northern Canada, a day after another object had been shot down over Alaska airspace by a US F-22. Last weekend, a Chinese surveillance balloon was taken down by F-22s off the coast of South Carolina. [...] The unidentified object that was shot down in Canadian airspace had been tracked since Friday evening, according to a statement from Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder. [...] US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau both approved the shoot-down on Saturday, according to a statement from the White House.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2024-09-25): In a significant development, CTVNews.ca recently obtained a photograph of the unidentified object that was shot down by U.S. Air Force F-22 over Canada’s Yukon territory in February 2023. The release of this grainy image (unclear whether it was taken from a Raptor during the intercept or from the ground) comes as part of a larger freedom of information request and has reignited discussions about the mysterious aerial incidents that captured international attention last year. [...] While the image is grainy and lacks detail, it nonetheless provides the first visual confirmation of the unidentified object shot down in Yukon. Interestingly, the object itself was described in reports as a "cylindrical" item with a metallic top and a dangling wire carrying a small payload. "Visual – a cylindrical object […] "Top quarter is metallic, remainder white. 20-foot wire hanging below with a package of some sort suspended from it." [...] The unidentified object was shot down by a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor on Feb. 11, 2023, just after it entered Canadian airspace over Yukon, near the border with Alaska. The engagement followed a series of similar incidents in early February 2023, including the much-publicized downing of a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina. In fact, the Yukon shootdown was part of a rapid sequence of military responses that saw three unidentified aerial objects destroyed between Feb. 10 and 12, raising questions about what exactly was happening in the skies over North America.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-13): The unidentified flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday appeared to be a "small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it," according to what sources described as a Pentagon memo sent to lawmakers on Monday and obtained by CNN. [...] The memo said that "recovery/exploitation" efforts were underway to retrieve the object shot down in Canada’s Yukon territory, noting that both US and Canadian officials were attempting to identify debris. Canadian officials are leading that investigation, though the FBI was embedded with them, according to the memo. [...] US Coast Guard ships were deployed to search the site in Lake Huron where the third object was shot down, and the Pentagon memo said no additional information was available about the description of that object.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-12): On Saturday, an unidentified object was downed over northern Canada, a day after another object had been shot down over Alaska airspace by a U.S. F-22. Last weekend, a Chinese surveillance balloon was taken down by F-22s off the coast of South Carolina. [...] The unidentified object that was shot down in Canadian airspace had been tracked since Friday evening, according to a statement from Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder. [...] U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau both approved the shoot-down on Saturday, according to a statement from the White House.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-13): The latest object - shot down over Lake Huron in Michigan near the Canadian border - has been described by defence officials as an unmanned "octagonal structure" with strings attached to it. [...] President Biden ordered an object to be shot down over northern Alaska on Friday, and on Saturday a similar object was shot down over the Yukon in north-western Canada. [...] Unidentified flying objects - timeline 4 February: US military shoots down suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina. It had drifted for days over the US, and officials said it came from China and had been monitoring sensitive sites 10 February: US downs another object off northern Alaska which officials said lacked any system of propulsion or control 11 February: An American fighter jet shoots down a "high-altitude airborne object" over Canada's Yukon territory, about 100 miles (160 km) from the US border. It was described as cylindrical and smaller than the first balloon 12 February: US jets shoot down a fourth high-altitude object near Lake Huron "out of an abundance of caution"
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2024-07-27): Authorities are scrambling to learn more about the three unidentified flying objects (UFOS) shot down by U.S. aircraft this weekend. On Friday, the U.S. military shot down an object they described as the size of a small car over Alaska. The very next day, another object was shot down over Yukon by the U.S. military at the request of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Then on Sunday yet another object was downed, this one over Lake Huron where its debris is believed to have landed in Canadian waters. Authorities are still working to recover some of the downed UFOs including the one shot down over the Great Lakes. Defense experts have said that the effort to recover the UFO in Alaska is underway but is being actively hampered by extremely low temperatures in the area—with it dropping to -55 F (-48 C.) The object is believed to have been downed near Prudhoe Bay, a small community home to North America’s largest oil field. Civilians in the Yukon, where a recovery mission for the object down on Saturday is underway, were warned by the RCMP to stay away from the debris site.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2024-09-26): But February’s bizarre occurrences didn’t stop there. U.S. pilots soon shot down three more mystery objects over Alaska, Canada’s Yukon territory and Lake Huron in as many days. [...] But one grainy image — it’s always a grainy image, isn’t it? — of the object shot down over the Yukon has now emerged, and it’s giving significant "I want to believe" vibes. [...] Canada’s military originally planned to release the image, but a public affairs official nixed the idea to avoid stirring up more questions. But now that the image has (belatedly) arrived in the public sphere, it’s got aviation — and UFO — enthusiasts chattering.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-14): READ MORE: Everything We Know About ‘Unidentified Objects’ Shot Down [...] On Feb. 11, a U.S. F-22 shot down a "cylindrical" object over northern Canada. The U.S. and Canada worked together to take the object down. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country would analyze the wreckage. [...] But while shooting these objects down is one of the only ways to learn about them right now, experts say the U.S. should consider a sustainable policy to address them once we know more about the threat they pose.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-11): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that an "unidentified object" had been shot down by a US fighter jet over Canadian airspace on his orders. "I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object," Trudeau said on Twitter. [...] It is not clear what the object shot down over Canada is or whether it is related to the spy balloon shot down last week or the unidentified object shot down over Alaska on Friday.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-12): U.S. fighter jets shot down yet another "unidentified object" on Sunday—this time over the Great Lakes above Michigan—marking the third time they have taken down an object over the past three days, and the fourth in a little over a week. [...] On Saturday, another "unidentified object" was shot down by a U.S. military jet. It was initially found in American airspace and then later moved into Canadian territory before being shot down by an F-22 on orders from President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [...] The object was first detected on Friday by NORAD, and two F-22 fighter jets from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson in Alaska began monitoring the object closely, according to NORAD. On Saturday, once the object reached Canadian airspace, it was shot down by a short-range missile (an AIM-9X) near central Yukon, according to officials.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2024-07-30): - ^ a b Alba, Monica; Romero, Dennis (February 11, 2023). "U.S. shoots down unidentified object in Canadian airspace". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023. [...] - ^ Newton, Paula (February 11, 2023). "US jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over northern Canada, Trudeau says". CNN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023. [...] - ^ Cooper, Helene (February 11, 2023). "U.S. Jet Shoots Down Flying Object Over Canada". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-12): A U.S. fighter jet shot down an unidentified object in the skies over Canada on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s orders Saturday, Canadian and U.S. officials confirmed. After U.S. and Canadian military aircraft were sent aloft, a U.S. F-22 shot down the object over the Yukon, Trudeau tweeted Saturday afternoon. [...] The object was shot down at 3:41 p.m. ET Saturday about 100 miles from the U.S.-Canada border and 40,000 feet aloft after crews in U.S. and Canadian aircraft put eyes on it, Anand said. She described the area as central Yukon.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-13): The unidentified flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday appeared to be a "small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it," according to a Pentagon memo sent to lawmakers on Monday and obtained by CNN. [...] An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday, marking the third time in a week that US fighter jets have taken down objects. [...] The operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over North American airspace. An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday. On Friday, an unidentified object was shot down in Alaska airspace by a US F-22.
Claim: purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down (Video, 2023-02-11)
Evidence (2023-02-11): The U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Canada's Yukon territory Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of an "unidentified object" flying over Canada's Yukon territory on Saturday. The object was shot down by a U.S. military fighter jet from the U.S. and Canada's North American Aerospace Defense Command, Trudeau said.