Dem Rep. Ritchie Torres: Reaction to Mamdani’s Gov’t Grocery Store Idea ‘Hysterical’, We ‘Can Survive’ It

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CBS News’ “The Takeout,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) responded to New York City mayoral candidate State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s (D) proposal for city-run grocery stores by saying, “I feel like New York can survive a publicly-run grocery store. I feel like the reaction has been a bit hyperbolic and hysterical.”

CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent and host Major Garrett asked, “Would you support him? Do you support him? Or is he part of what you have — on podcasts and elsewhere — described as the recent radicalization of progressive politics?”…

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