As has often been said, the corporate press are nothing if not a predictable lot, and that has certainly been the case in the aftermath of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s apparent Democrat mayoral primary victory in New York City, with the swooning commencing even before former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded defeat.
Not surprisingly, CNN’s Jake Tapper got in on the action as well, demanding New York Mayor Eric Adams, one of Mamdani’s general election opponents, prove his claims about Mamdani supporting Hamas in its war against Israel. Tapper clearly didn’t believe it, and doubted Adams could do it – until Adams dropped receipts.
As further evidence that the corporate press is rotten to the core, CNN is still at it, going to bat for Mamdani over his proposal to implement city-owned grocery stores if elected, trotting out the “experts” as though anyone trusts – or should trust – “experts” anymore these days:
“This is more common than people are aware of,” said Nevin Cohen, director of the City University of New York’s Urban Food Policy Institute. “There’s a wide spectrum of food retail establishments that could be created by or with the support of city government.”
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But Errol Schweizer, a veteran of the grocery industry who publishes the newsletter “The Checkout Grocery Update” and has written in support of a public grocery sector, said Mamdani’s proposal would address a failing in the market. Government-owned grocery stores would not compete directly with bodegas and convenience stores, which typically do not sell fresh produce and meat.
Zohran Mamdani, the favorite to become New York City’s next mayor after winning the Democratic primary, has a contentious plan to create a network of city-owned grocery stores. But it’s less radical than critics portray, some food policy and grocery industry experts say.…
— CNN (@CNN) June 30, 2025
As one might expect, people had thoughts:
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— Rick Holden (@NekoOjiSama) June 30, 2025
You know which other places have government run grocery stores?
Venezuela has them, Cuba has them, and North Korea has them.That should tell you all you need to know about how great they are. https://t.co/citwbdTB6A
— Leftism (@LeftismForU) June 30, 2025
The argument here is that because the military has commissaries on foreign bases and other left-wing local governments are planning to open their own grocery stores, it’s not a “radical” idea.
This is ridiculous. https://t.co/aa3RywSWqA
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 30, 2025
“Communism is actually good,” say experts https://t.co/AnBXKy9D2S
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) June 30, 2025
Grocery stores, now brought to you by the same people who’ve brought you great things like the Post Office, the DMV, and the VA. https://t.co/hRnRBTAEzh
— Matt Magnasco (@MattMagnasco) June 30, 2025
