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August 02, 2018 06:40
Florida Rally: Trump Makes False Claim on Photo IDs for Groceries

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The United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday during a raucous rally aimed at bolstering two Florida Republicans ahead of the state's primary, wrongly claimed that shoppers need to show photo identification to purchase groceries and accused Democrats of obstructing his agenda and his Supreme Court nominee.

Trump was rallying against the thought of noncitizens voting and advocating stricter voting laws when he claimed that IDs (Identity Documents) are needed for everything else, addressing thousands of supporters in one of the nation's top electoral battlegrounds.

"If you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card, you need ID," he said at the event at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. "You go out and you want to buy anything, you need ID and you need your picture."

A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to questions about when the billionaire president last bought groceries or anything else himself. Photo IDs are required for certain purchases, such as alcohol, cigarettes or cold medicine.

The statement came after Trump waded into Florida Republican politics, picking sides as he embraced the U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis in a competitive primary for governor and backed the Senate campaign of his longtime ally, Gov. Rick Scott.

"We have to make sure Rick Scott wins and wins big," Trump told the crowd. "It's time to vote Bill Nelson out of office."

Trump, who is seeking Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court in the fall, also made the case that voters need to elect more Republicans, pointing to Democratic opposition to his pick.

Democrats "don't want to give Trump any victory," he said. "They will do anything they can to not help the Trump agenda."

By Sowmya Sangam

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