Posted on 08/21/2025 1:46:13 AM PDT by dennisw
Earlier today, the Gateway Pundit reported that Bed Bath & Beyond is bailing on Gavin Newsom’s California. Now it is being reported that Kroger is closing a number of their supermarkets in Washington state due to crime.
BREAKING: Grocery stores closing in Everett, Washington due to high crime and open air drug markets.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) August 20, 2025
This is what people on the left don’t seem to understand about crime. When you tolerate it, everyone suffers for it. The people in Washington who depend on these stores for the goods they need are now going to suffer hardship because their political leaders decided not to prosecute criminals.
The mayor of one of the affected towns actually had the audacity to complain about this decision.
FOX 13 in Seattle reports:
Everett, WA mayor calls out Kroger for closing more grocery stores
After Kroger announced it will close more stores in western Washington later this year, some believe the grocery corporation is putting profits over people.
“A lot of people who live in our Casino Road community commute by foot, so this has been their primary grocery store to shop for their basic needs,” said Mayor Cassie Franklin of the City of Everett.
The Ohio-based company blamed “a steady rise in theft” among their reasons for closing six Fred Meyer and QFC stores through October, but Mayor Franklin says the CEO cited “financial reasons” when they spoke on Monday.
“We have done shoplifting emphasis stings, we’ve done emphasis patrols, we have created a buffer zone around that store and crime is down in all areas, especially shoplifting,” said Mayor Franklin.
Here’s a local video report:
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My guess this is white rural crime/shoplifting fueled by meth and drug use. Add in Hispanics too.
The left is trying to overthrow the United States.
Their embrace of criminality is designed to erode our national fabric.
You people had better start recognizing that we are at war.
Would agree. Probably one-half of upward surge of product cost...goes to shoplifting and extra security required. It’ll reach a stage where you can’t enter a grocery without a credit card scanned as you enter. No card....no entry.
Most likely. Don’t forget about the relatives of Obeyme.
Another food desert. That’s a shame.
Very true. And the tolerance of crime is also a kind of reparations paid to one identity group. Looting and carjacking are major industries in the ghetto.
Financial reasons, but not shoplifting? I'll bet he's trying to avoid sounding racist.
Shoplifting has a huge financial impact. Not only do products walk right out the door, but honest customers are afraid to shop in stores plagued by shoplifting, as things can turn violent quickly.
Unfortunately.
And it’s all thanks to the braindead libtards.
It’s intentional.
I know about the effects of theft in our Target store. These thieves take the rolling luggage cases, stuff them with merchandise, and roll them right out of the store. The police won’t do anything to stop them. These thieves roll their stolen goods over to a car in the parking lot where a “fence” will give them money for the stolen merchandise. Those goods will end up being sold over the internet. Do you think the police couldn’t figure that out?
With these outlets gone, people will have to drive miles to get things they need. I was in Home Depot looking for a hardware item. They didn’t have the item and told me to go to Amazon for it. This illustrates big government’s attack on the supply sector.
Everett, Washington, north of Seattle, is where a lot of new Boeing aircraft are built. Here, a center of modern manufacturing is being undermined by ancient lawlessness.
I drive regularly throughout the area. Someone left his bicycle chained in front of a store. Thieves came and completely disassembled the bike and stole it in pieces in broad daylight.
The Leftists in charge in Western Washington have allowed this destruction of civilization. They tolerate crime to the point the entire Seattle area is descending into third-world anarchy. This is a dangerous area to be avoided.
I hope people become completely unable to buy groceries to the point the angry mob rises up to destroy the irresponsible power structure of communists who have seized power in the state of Washington and call their tyranny “freedom.”
That’s because the residents believe they’re owed reparations.
That’s exactly right.
My wife’s nephew does metal fabrication work in Seattle. Last week he told me there are brand new tall buildings in Seattle that are totally unoccupied.
Construction in modern cities in America has been halted by irresponsible Leftist leadership allowing rampant anarchy.
What has happened in Venezuela is now happening across America.
This is what communists do when they take over. They ruin everything, bringing death and destruction.
If you drive on I-5 through Seattle, you will see how vandals have painted gigantic graffiti everywhere in WHAT USED TO BE A VERY NICE CITY. Communists allow lawlessness and filth to take over.
There is no way to VOTE YOUR WAY OUT OF LAWLESSNESS.
So-called “leaders” who tolerate this are criminals themselves.
It will SOON require a large armed forced to restore order in ALL the major cities of the United States.
All the drug addicts, criminals, organized, armed gangs and the insane loose on the streets WILL HAVE TO BE FORCIBLY DISARMED, CORRALLED AND LOCKED UP.
You can already see how quickly order can be restored by serious, armed authorities taking charge in Washington DC.
It’s a largely black area
There’s a solution to this, Washington (state of)...
Secure. Your. Damned. Elections.
Brought to you by Cloward Piven. Apparently, the mayor of Edmonds hasn't read Atlas Shrugged.
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