“I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead. - New York City”

In 2026, new New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not support requiring an ID to vote, but did support requiring an ID to shop at his proposed city-run grocery stores. This jocular comment was posted on X/Twitter by C3 on August 3, 2026, and it received over 65,000 likes:
 
“I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead.- New York City”
 
 
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C3
@C_3C_3
I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead.
- New York City
10:38 AM · Aug 3, 2026
 
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Danielle Delauder
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM ·
I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead.
- New York City
 
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The communist mayor Mamdani of NYC is requiring an ID for grocery stores but not for voting.
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The Western Journal
@WesternJournalX
Aug 3
WATCH: Trump responded to Mamdani’s gov’t grocery stores requiring voter ID.
The president immediately reminded everyone that Mamdani wanted 2 types of ID to shovel snow for the city during a crippling blizzard but not to access the voting booth.
4:58 AM · Aug 4, 2026
   
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WUMPA
@wumpalive
I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead.
5:00 AM · Aug 4, 2026
 
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Prello
@DPrello
I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead
- New York City
5:58 PM · Aug 4, 2026