Trump lies about grocery stores again

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00:00Trump lies about grocery stores again.

00:03Reviving one of his most unusual talking points,

00:06President Donald Trump is again claiming that grocery shoppers must show identification,

00:10despite years of fact checks proving otherwise.

00:13In 2018 and 2019, Trump was criticized for making similar comments

00:18as he pushed for tougher voter identification measures.

00:21He repeated the claim in 2023 during his presidential run,

00:25then echoed it again as he recently challenged the legitimacy of U.S. elections.

00:30All we want is voter ID.

00:32You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID.

00:35You go to a gas station, you give ID.

00:38Trump said at a breakfast with Republican senators.

00:41People in the United States do not have to show ID

00:43to purchase everyday items like groceries or fuel.

00:47Most grocery stores only check identification for age-restricted items like alcohol or tobacco,

00:52certain over-the-counter medications, and when paying by personal check.

00:56Occasionally, stores may ask for ID for other purposes.

01:01However, these situations are the exception, not the norm.

01:05Despite Trump's statement, grocery shopping in the U.S. generally does not involve presenting identification.

01:11Likewise, millions of people buy gas each day without showing ID,

01:15and many complete the transaction at the pump with no human interaction.

01:18In 2018, after Trump initially claimed that buying groceries requires photo identification,

01:24his press secretary at the time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders,

01:28explained that he was talking about buying beer or wine.

01:31However, within a few months, he clarified that he was referring to buying food,

01:35even mentioning a box of cereal in another interview.

01:38In 2023, he repeated a similar false claim, saying ID is needed if you buy a loaf of bread.