Walgreens, retail org fire back at AOC for dismissing growing problem of organized retail theft.
Blaze: Pharmacy retail giant Walgreens punched back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) last week after the far-left progressive lawmaker dismissed rampant theft happening in retail stores nationwide.
During an interview with the Washington Times, Ocasio-Cortez downplayed the growing problem of smash-and-grab thefts and organized retail crime.
“[A] lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I believe it’s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn’t back it up.”
However, a recent New York Times story on the growing problem of retail theft directly contradicts what Ocasio-Cortez said.
Theft is an ever-present issue for retailers. As much as $68.9 billion of products were stolen from retailers in 2019, according to one industry group. But it has become more visible, brazen and violent in recent months, forcing an industry already buffeted by pandemic lockdowns and fights over mask requirements to deal with a new problem.
“This level of violence has taken it to a whole new level,” said Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association. “No one has seen this before.”
The New York Times attributed the surge in theft to online marketplaces, which make it easy to sell stolen goods, the rampant violence of summer 2020 that followed the murder of George Floyd, and poor enforcement of existing laws.
Politicians, retail organizations, and even Walgreens responded to Ocasio-Cortez’s claims.
It’s been a little bit, and we were bored,so we gave AOC the script and set her loose to say really stupid shit.
I wonder how much campaign money Walgreens doles out to dems on an annual basis?
He big corp, to paraphrase a famous asshole:
“You built that!”
Retailer logic: *sigh*, what’s the point in filling out a report when the cops won’t do anything?
Dem logic: Unreported crimes aren’t crimes.
The IQ of someone born with a silver fish in her mouth.
I lived in Palmer Park, MD, for about 8 months back in the 70s and the LIPs (Local Indigenous Populace) stole out all the stores until they closed. Even after “Sugar” Ray Leonard revitalized the shit-hole they (LIPs) turned it back into a sewer. Mr. Leonard, a man with noble intentions, learned that “no good deed goes unpunished” as the chinks say.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
Reality vs. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – like when matter & anti-matter collide
Time for Patriots to snatch and grab her paycheck.
It’s the truth because she said so!
Imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth if someone was stealing her shit. Stupid bint.
FAOC
The videos of feral AOC voters aren’t enough to convince her? This is evidence she doesn’t care about what’s happening, she’s trying to force a change to her agenda.
The former bartender probably had a screaming La Cucaracha fit if someone skipped out on their bar tab…