Democrats would burn the cities if Cargill or 3M made similar demands under threat of moving out of state.
Actually you’d be surprised how regularly lower profile business successful make similar demands. If more than 1 building gets torn down to put in a new single business building eminent domain was almost certainly involved, the city usually bought it cheap, tore everything down on their own dime, and sold it to the business for less than they bought it and maybe even offered tax breaks. The difference is when cities do it for Walgreens nobody pays attention, it all just happens nice and quiet.