Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended his plan for government-run grocery stores on Friday when pressed about a failed attempt in Kansas City, Missouri.
“There’s another example in Kansas City, where they had a government-run grocery store, and it’s been there for years, but it’s [closed] because it doesn’t work. They’ve been riddled with crime. They’ve dealt with just a lack of inventory. There are other examples where it just hasn’t worked because, frankly, the government is not that good at being in the business of being in grocery stores. So what do you say to that example?” CNN host Abby Phillip asked Mamdani…