A viral image shared on X claims Amazon has sold over 100,000 Super Mario Brothers Luigi beanies following the arrest of Luigi Mangione.
y’all are so unserious😭 pic.twitter.com/AFxV5d5nSn
— Deep Singh Badhesha (@DeepNotShallow) December 10, 2024
Verdict: False
The Amazon listing is fake. According to an archived version of the listing, over 100 of the beanies have been ordered in the past month, Snopes reported.
Fact Check:
GoFundMe has removed all fundraisers in support of Mangione from its site, according to Fox Business. Similarly, Etsy has removed pro-Mangione merchandise, including shirts and Christmas ornaments, the outlet reported.
The X image, which has amassed almost seven million views as of writing, claims Amazon has sold over 100,000 Super Mario Brothers Luigi beanies following Mangione’s arrest.
The image shows an Amazon listing for a green Super Mario Brothers Luigi Pom Pom Knit Beanie that costs $19.99. The listing claims 100,000+ beanies were “bought today.”
“Y’all are so unserious,” the image’s caption reads.
The claim is false. A reply to the viral X image shows 100+ beanies were bought in the past month. The reply includes a photo of the same green Super Mario Brothers Luigi beanie listed at the same price of $19.99. Likewise, Check Your Fact reviewed the original Amazon listing, and it does not include any information to support the claim that over 100,000 of the green Super Mario Brothers Luigi beanies were bought in a single day.
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In addition, Check Your Fact found no credible news reports to support the claim. Actually, the opposite is true. On Dec. 10, Snopes debunked the claim, reporting the image is fake. The outlet referenced an archived version of the Amazon listing for the beanie and it showed over 100 beanies had been ordered in the past month.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 for the alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to NBC News. Besides murder, Mangione, a 26-year-old Maryland native, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of possession of a forged instrument, the outlet reported, citing online court documents.
Thompson was shot and killed in New York on Dec. 4 while on his way to UnitedHealth Group’s annual investor conference, The Associated Press reported. (RELATED: No, Sam Hyde Was Never Identified As The Potential UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Shooter)
Check Your Fact has contacted Amazon for comment.
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