{"id":4412,"date":"2026-08-14T11:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4412"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:36:58","slug":"democrats-want-id-for-hot-pockets-but-not-for-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4412","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Want ID For Hot Pockets But Not For Voting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While the left has been lecturing us for decades that requiring ID to vote is somehow an overt example of systemic racism, they\u2019re now planning to require ID for the privilege of shopping in government run grocery stores. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4411\">Trump, Two Aides Sued Over \u2018Profoundly Corrupt\u2019 Truth Social \u2018Scheme\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in a recent press conference that he intends to spend over $70 million in taxpayer dollars to launch five government run grocery stores across New York, promising a 30% discount on all groceries. <\/p>\n<p>And when questioned on how he intends to ensure people won\u2019t just travel to New York and buy up the inventory for resale elsewhere in a predictable arbitrage play, his answer was both astounding and hypocritical. This is par for the course with his failed promises.<\/p>\n<p>He said that they would implement a \u201clibrary-esque\u201d ID card that only New York citizens could obtain. <\/p>\n<p>Yep, you heard that right \u2014 according to Democrats, it\u2019s racist to ensure that only United States citizens are voting in our elections, but it\u2019s totally fine to require ID to buy a box of Hot Pockets. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Someone else will have to make it make sense, because I sure as hell can\u2019t. <\/p>\n<p>For now, let\u2019s set aside the absurdity of government run grocery stores. Let\u2019s also set aside the fact that Democrats are claiming they have the magical ability to provide a 30% discount in an industry that operates on a 1-3% profit margin. And last but not least, let\u2019s set aside the fact that every single industry the government gets involved in instantly experiences massive cost increases that destroy the budgets of hard working Americans. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, let\u2019s unpack their initial claim that requiring ID to vote is somehow racist. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>What explanation have they used to justify that claim? <\/p>\n<p>Across the board, nearly every Democrat politician, lobbyist, activist, and political pundit has consistently stated that black Americans either don\u2019t know how or can\u2019t afford to get a government issued ID. <strong>(RELATED: After SCOTUS Fails To Act, States Must Step Up To Save Election Day)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has consistently been one of the most vocal critics of voter ID, and recently made the ridiculous statement that, \u201cWe are not going to turn our elections over to Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a law to completely ban local voter ID requirements.<\/p>\n<p>And Matt Dietrich, spokesman for the Illinois State Board of Elections, said that Illinois does not require voters to show any type of photo ID at the polls, and went on to say voters only need to sign a sworn statement on their voter registration application that they are a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<p>These are just a handful out of hundreds of examples.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think the claim that black Americans either don\u2019t know how or can\u2019t afford to get a government issued ID, in and of itself, is pretty racist. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4409\">Israel Claimed Iran Was Targeting Trump, But The CIA Isn\u2019t Buying It<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virtually every single human of every race in America knows that getting an ID is a simple matter of going to your local Department of Motor Vehicles. And even if someone doesn\u2019t know where one is, it\u2019s hours of operation, or even what documents they\u2019ll need, finding those answers is as simple as a quick Google search. (Although Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul did claim in May 2024 that black children don\u2019t know what computers are, so I can see why Democrats might be confused here.) <\/p>\n<p>So the claim that voters <em>of any race<\/em> don\u2019t know how to get an ID is absurd.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that black Americans can\u2019t afford a government ID is equally absurd because the cost of a driver\u2019s license ranges from $10 to $90, depending on your state.<\/p>\n<p>But beyond that, an ID is <em>already<\/em> required for typical life in America anyway. <\/p>\n<p>You need to show ID to drive a vehicle, visit a doctor, pick up prescriptions, travel on an airplane, buy a firearm, get a job, open a bank account, join the military, rent an apartment, enter a casino, purchase alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and some video games, register for government benefits, get married, get divorced, cash a check, rent a car or hotel room, register for health insurance, get a piercing or tattoo, donate blood, go hunting or fishing, sign any legal document, and countless other activities that most Americans do every single day.<\/p>\n<p>And now, apparently, we can add shopping at Democrat run grocery stores. <\/p>\n<p>According to Democrats, requiring an ID for all of these activities is perfectly fine, but when it comes to voting in our elections, it\u2019s somehow an egregious burden that disenfranchises black voters.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s clear to me is that Democrats don\u2019t want secure elections because they know they can\u2019t win without cheating the system. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen case after case of voter fraud. Recent examples include illegal aliens who were registered to vote, dead citizens still on the voter rolls, and harvesting ballots from the homeless population. <\/p>\n<p>And in nearly every single case, this fraudulent voting favors Democrat candidates. <\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to be a statistician to realize that it\u2019s mathematically impossible for that to just be a coincidental fluke. It\u2019s a clear case of systemic voting fraud perpetuated by the Democratic political machine.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that if Democrats think ID should be required to buy groceries, then the least we can do is require the same for our elections. <\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s good enough for Hot Pockets, it\u2019s good enough for the voting booth.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cliff Maloney is the CEO of <\/em><em>Citizens Alliance<\/em><em> and the author of <\/em><em>Run Right: A Complete Election Playbook to Win<\/em><em>. You can follow him <\/em><em>@maloney<\/em><em> on X. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4407\">Tech Giants Want To Treat Rogue AI Like Plane Crashes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the left has said that voter ID is somehow an overt example of systemic racism, they\u2019re now planning to require ID for some shopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,195,2710,283,3754,316],"class_list":["post-4412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting","tag-democrats","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-voter-id","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democrats Want ID For Hot Pockets But Not For Voting? 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