Trump’s Groceries Gaffe Is Even More Baseless Than It Seems
Has Donald Trump ever been grocery shopping?
If there was any doubt that the developer turned celebrity turned president lived a cloistered life among the New York elite, his gaffe at a recent rally confirmed it.
Among the traditional Trump smorgasbord of boasts and attacks Tuesday night, Trump touched on another of his greatest hits: the specter of noncitizen voter fraud and the need for voter ID.
“If you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card—you need ID,” he said. “You go out and you want to buy anything, you need ID and you need your picture.”
Of course, people don’t need photo identification to buy milk. The idea is preposterous, and lends you need it to vote? As much as Trump failed in delivering that basic argument, it’s certainly a compelling one for his base.
