Charlie James criticizes voter ID opposition and NYC's grocery program.

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Charlie James: All righty, welcome back to the program, glad to have you along with us. Well, the Democrats do not want you to show ID when you vote. They—they just don't want to do it. They think for some reason that's racist, that Black people can't get IDs. But no, no, no, no, no, no, it's more than that because now it's the women that got married and changed their names when they got married—they can't be bothered to go find their birth certificate to go register to vote the first time. So, so we got to just do away with the SAVE America Act. Now, in New York City, they've got these new city-owned grocery stores. City-owned grocery stores! And what they're planning on doing is, I think he said—I think Mamdani said—once a month, they're going to lower the prices on some of these foods by 30%! 30—oh my goodness, that is unbelievable! What a—what a bargain. I think I will buy some. So, what a bargain for me. So, people were asking, "Hey, wait a minute, what's going to stop some of these people coming in from New Jersey, buying up all that stuff, and then taking it and selling it?" "Hey, Louie, here's what we're going to do: We're going to go over to New York, you see, we're going to buy all that stuff, we're going to bring it over here to New Jersey, we're going to sell it, we're going to make tons of money, don't even worry about it over here." Ah! But they've got a plan. The great Mamdani has a plan. Let's take a listen to this. Reporter: How are you going to keep people from taking advantage of that, uh, you know, that deal basically? And is there going to be a limit on the number of items that someone can take that are discounted at that level from that essential basket? Zohran Mamdani: So our RFP makes very clear that this is a program for New Yorkers to be able to put food on the table, not a program for people to be able to make a quick buck through reselling. I'm going to pass it over to our EDC head, J. Pack, to add some additional details. J. Pack: Yes, if you look at our RFP for the operator, um, we are looking to make sure that we target New Yorkers, whether it be a sort of a library card-esque, and—and also we... Charlie James: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! You—you're going to have a—a what? What are you going to be using? J. Pack: ...are looking to make sure that we target New Yorkers, whether it be a sort of a library card-esque... Charlie James: I'm sorry, what was that again? J. Pack: ...target New Yorkers, whether it be a sort of a library card-esque, or... Charlie James: A library—it's going to be library card-esque! Yeah, you're going to have to—going to have to have a library card. I wonder how you get a library card? What do you do to get—oh! Oh, I know how you get a library card: You're going to have to show some form of ID! So, no ID to vote, but you got to have an ID to go buy groceries at a city-owned—[laughs] Do they not hear themselves? Do they not hear themselves? Now, what they're going to say is, "Well, you don't actually—" and this is coming, because the blowback on this is already happening. Um, but—but they're going to say, "Wait a minute, no, no, no, no. You don't actually have to have an ID, you just have to have a form of ID. Yeah, you could have like a utility bill, or a lease agreement, or you know, you know, a water bill, something like that—that's—that's going to count as an ID." Well, those—all of those things are so easily forged. So easily forged! There's going to be people—I tell you something, people are going to, mark my word, people are going to rob these stores blind! I will be surprised if next year—next year, well, go back a month—I'll be surprised if next July we're even—we'll probably be saying, "Do you remember that thing they did in New York with the—with the—the—the grocery stores? How'd that work out?" I promise you, this isn't going to work. It's been tried before. It's been tried before, and guess what? It's always failed. A ...

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