Democrats and their Ideological BS

Dem ROASTED Over LIES About Why Stores Are Closing

The persistent refusal of the liberal establishment to acknowledge the devastating consequences of their soft-on-crime policies has reached a new level of absurdity, perfectly exemplified by Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal’s recent comments.

Following the announcement that Kroger would be closing several supermarkets in her own state—a direct result of rampant, unchecked shoplifting and criminal activity—Jayapal did not express concern for the communities losing access to groceries or the employees losing their jobs.

Instead, she engaged in a breathtaking display of ideological blindness, blaming the closures on “corporate greed.” This response is not just misguided; it is a deliberate and dangerous obfuscation of reality that is actively harming American cities and towns.

The liberal media and its allies, like Jayapal, operate from a playbook that prioritizes narrative over truth. They cannot admit that the decriminalization of theft and the systematic dismantling of law enforcement, policies often championed by the progressive left, have direct and severe consequences.

As the original article correctly notes, “grocery stores operate on an extremely slim profit margin, so even a small amount of theft can have a devastating effect on a company’s bottom line.”

For a corporation like Kroger, which has a fiduciary “obligation to its shareholders,” keeping stores open in areas where they are financial liabilities due to theft is simply not feasible.

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