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4. This is worse than Bush's supermarket scanner gaffe in '92

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 08:22 PM

Jul 2018

His campaign handlers dragged the effete candidate to a grocery store in an effort to portray him as an "everyday" person.

Everything went well, until Bush got to the checkout stand. When he saw the clerk scanning his groceries through (including, as I recall, pork rinds), he was amazed that that's how it was done.

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Trump claims picture ID is required to buy groceries [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 OP

His picture is behind the cashier with the caption "don't take his checks" marylandblue Jul 2018 #1

Hahahaha! nt Grasswire2 Jul 2018 #17

LOL, DUzy! FSogol Jul 2018 #18

That's good. madaboutharry Jul 2018 #24

His picture out to be in the Post office Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #46

ROFL markses66 Jul 2018 #47

ROFLMAO trixie2 Jul 2018 #53

Lmao...truth Docreed2003 Jul 2018 #55

You win the internets! Jedi Guy Jul 2018 #63

. CreekDog Aug 2018 #70

LOL ck4829 Aug 2018 #75

😆 underpants Aug 2018 #76

And as ridiculous as it is his followers will believe it. Sad, Sad, Sad. olegramps Aug 2018 #86

And, SO FAR, you don't need picture ID to be disgusted. dchill Jul 2018 #2

Fucking shit for brains asshole...nt GReedDiamond Jul 2018 #3

He's never set foot in a grocery store. (n/t) forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #84

This is worse than Bush's supermarket scanner gaffe in '92 sandensea Jul 2018 #4

The H.W, Bush story was fake. braddy Jul 2018 #7

Snopes did a whole convoluted pretzel twist to soften what was shown on video on the news BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #22

He wasn't even at a supermarket, he was at the National Grocers Association conference and the braddy Jul 2018 #35

Bush likely never shopped at a supermarket in his life JenniferJuniper Jul 2018 #40

It was not a normal scanner, it was new technology at a trade show, Snopes debunks the myth. braddy Jul 2018 #42

No one said he was "at a supermarket" BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #68

Snopes debunks the fake story, he wasn't amazed, it wasn't just a normal scanner and the braddy Aug 2018 #85

All you have to do is LOOK at the video BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #88

Snopes debunks that silly video which is part of the fake myth in action, it shows nothing, the braddy Aug 2018 #89

It's of course, important you dig in on something irreverent to the OP. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #90

It's not a "fake video" BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #92

He's outdone even George H.W. Bush. Ligyron Jul 2018 #5

He's always high as a kite when he tweaks out at these rallies. Snellius Jul 2018 #6

I think he does a few lines before the rallies. roamer65 Jul 2018 #8

I think it's meth. Seriously. Egomaniac, sex-addict, psychopathic, lying, paranoid Snellius Jul 2018 #21

He acts like idahoblue Jul 2018 #29

I could agree on the uppers, but not the Ambien. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2018 #45

Appears to be Adderal to me. Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #51

I bet he's videohead5 Jul 2018 #9

Bingo! leftieNanner Jul 2018 #11

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2018 #15

Never a point in his life when there weren't servants doing that task AdamGG Jul 2018 #41

Exactly right! He's such a joke. ID for groceries, give me a break. yonder Jul 2018 #56

Trumps putting together Ikea furniture... hunter Aug 2018 #64

Pretty funny. The visuals for a SNL skit made me laugh. yonder Aug 2018 #66

LOL ck4829 Aug 2018 #72

Why would he buy anything in a grocery store? GopherGal Aug 2018 #96

Does he even know what groceries are?? C_U_L8R Jul 2018 #10

I never had to show ID just to go food shopping meow2u3 Jul 2018 #12

If you write a check, you need ID. Butterflylady Jul 2018 #30

Except only a tiny percentage of the population still writes checks for stuff like that xor Jul 2018 #48

I haven't written a check in 10 years. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #58

I've never written a check... like ever though ck4829 Aug 2018 #98

Does he show an ID when he buys his Big Macs and KFC? Mrs. Overall Jul 2018 #13

You think he would actually buy his own fast food? Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2018 #36

Maybe he went to the 7-11 to buy an orange bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #14

while he stage his events the repubs are pillaging the nation nt msongs Jul 2018 #16

He's talking Moscow here folks rurallib Jul 2018 #19

Says a man who has never bought groceries in his life. Probably sinkingfeeling Jul 2018 #20

His supporters will believe him John Gruff Jul 2018 #23

Guarantee those dummies at the rally kacekwl Jul 2018 #61

They will ck4829 Aug 2018 #73

They do ck4829 Aug 2018 #99

A picture of Franklin or Grant still works. TexasProgresive Jul 2018 #25

I wish someone would ask him when he last shopped for groceries. Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 #26

This dude probably hasn't been in a supermarket a day in this sorry ass life. Afromania Jul 2018 #27

You don't have to have a government ID card to buy groceries...YET... regnaD kciN Jul 2018 #28

In MAGA America, groceries ID YOU! Dennis Donovan Jul 2018 #31

+10 nm reACTIONary Jul 2018 #44

Haha! markses66 Jul 2018 #49

Good question ck4829 Aug 2018 #74

And the number of its name blugbox Aug 2018 #95

Orange Clown promoting Voter Supression! djacq Jul 2018 #32

If you live in a small town idahoblue Jul 2018 #33

How would he know? pazzyanne Jul 2018 #34

"We don't need no stinkin' ID" apkhgp Jul 2018 #37

Trump May Have A Goal DallasNE Jul 2018 #38

Signs and symptoms of late stage syphilis include: Botany Jul 2018 #39

HE has obviously never bought groceries yuiyoshida Jul 2018 #43

Such a stupid liar dalton99a Jul 2018 #50

Not since people stopped writing checks. nt dflprincess Jul 2018 #52

Such a lying liar. If that was the case, how have all the folks who... brush Jul 2018 #54

Dear lord. Don't those around him ever bother to tell PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #57

Nope...they just say yes... Spartacus101 Jul 2018 #62

Nope and he wants more of these rallies underpants Aug 2018 #77

What an idiot...not much else to say...pathetic SWBTATTReg Jul 2018 #59

It's good to be the idle rich. moondust Jul 2018 #60

Apparently ck4829 Aug 2018 #100

Tomorrow cashiers at Piggly Wigglys across the South will be carding thier customers. TeamPooka Aug 2018 #65

Too STUPID to be Cha Aug 2018 #67

The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief lies again Achilleaze Aug 2018 #69

Insane ck4829 Aug 2018 #71

I hope he signs an EO prohibiting it Freethinker65 Aug 2018 #78

ID required for SNAP purchases? bcool Aug 2018 #79

"... people buying groceries with a SNAP card?" left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #82

Needing an ID to buy food Runningdawg Aug 2018 #80

He sounds like Bush the Elder, who had never seen a supermarket cashier's scanner. Nitram Aug 2018 #81

Trump's head looks seriously swollen. Like steroids swollen, not botox. displacedtexan Aug 2018 #83

OH NO! zanana1 Aug 2018 #87

From the Associated Press: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #91

I hope they don't live in a state like NC. Cold War Spook Aug 2018 #93

Only if you're shopping at a military commessary and not in uniform. haele Aug 2018 #94

Has Trump ever been in a grocery store before? ck4829 Aug 2018 #97

He is confusing Sam's Club with a grocery store. Deb Aug 2018 #101

My grocery store, which sells beer and wine... Tracer Aug 2018 #102