Former President Donald Trump declared that folks want identification to buy groceries as he repeated a wild declare he’s pushed at previous rallies on Friday.
“You might have voter ID to purchase a loaf of bread, you might have ID to purchase a loaf of bread,” mentioned Trump as he argued that Democrats are “determined” to cease his motion in remarks on the Involved Ladies for America Summit in Washington, D.C.
Trump beforehand dropped the declare that “you want an image on a card” or ID to purchase groceries throughout a rally for his now-GOP rival and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2018. He’s since repeated the grocery retailer declare together with one occasion the place he mentioned there’s an ID requirement for cereal purchases.
The previous president additionally acquired pushback for an additional meals market declare when he mentioned grocery shops would “work alongside” with federal staff amid the 2019 partial authorities shutdown.
“Native individuals know who they’re once they go for groceries and all the pieces else… and that’s what occurs in occasions like this – they know the individuals, they’ve been coping with them for years and so they work alongside,” he mentioned on the time.
Social media customers mocked the previous president’s newest grocery remarks, quipping that they bought “carded for pumpernickel” the opposite day.
Inform me you have by no means purchased bread earlier than with out really saying it.
— Double_Anarchy (@Double_Anarchy3) September 16, 2023
Want we had video of him at a checkout counter befuddled by scanners.
— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕏 (@SundaeDivine) September 16, 2023
Can affirm I needed to present my social safety card for the rye I purchased at this time.
— The Chud Report (@TheChudReport) September 16, 2023
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