Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin invented a conspiracy theory that the clothing chain Forever 21 was intimidated by the Obama administration into claiming that its decision to cut worker hours was not a result of the health care law.

Media outlets are reporting that Forever 21 is cutting the hours of some full-time employees and reclassifying them as part-time. In a statement on Facebook, the company said that the cuts affect “less than 1% of all U.S. store employees” and have nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act:

Forever 21, like all retailers, staffs its stores based on projected store sales, completely independent of the Affordable Care Act. After a recent evaluation, Forever 21 realigned its staffing needs to better reflect sales expectations. This realignment impacted less than 1% of all U.S. store employees. Forever 21 values all of its employees and made every effort to affect as few employees as possible in this realignment.

Despite the company's explicit refutation and a lack of evidence to support her conspiracy, Malkin argued that Forever 21 was cowed into denying that the Affordable Care Act played a role in its decision to reduce worker hours.

On America Live, Malkin said that Forever 21's statement on its decision was evidence that “the intimidation campaign of this White House has worked rather effectively.” Malkin added that companies that have “had the audacity to talk about the connection between Obamacare and cutting benefits and cutting full-time employees to part-time” were “punished,” so “of course a company is going to deny that it had anything to do with Obamacare.”