Posted on 02/01/2024 12:03:05 PM PST by dennisw
Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley has condemned Walgreens for 'racial and economic discrimination' after closing a pharmacy in Boston.
Pressley, a member of the ultra-progressive 'Squad', said the chain was 'abandoning' low-income communities with the most recent closing in Roxbury on Wednesday.
Walgreens announced the closure of several stores nation wide due to what the company has described as 'rampant theft' in some areas.
Pressley said this decision targets areas with significant minority populations, calling for the company to reconsider their decision instead.
In a speech addressing the house, she said: 'This closure is a part of a larger trend of abandoning low-income communities like the previous closures in Mattapan and Hyde Park, both in the Massachusetts 7th.
'Why was there no community input? No adequate notice to customers? And no transition resources to prevent gaps in health care? Shame on you, Walgreens.
'Having a website with talking points about health equity and underserved communities is not enough.
'Walgreens is a multi-billion-dollar corporation that needs to put their money where their mouth is and stop divesting from Black and brown communities.'
Walgreens, which has been one of the chains hit hardest by retail theft, announced its intentions to close roughly 200 stores across the nation last year.
The Walgreens that Pressley had been referring to was the fourth one in Boston to close in a little over a year, according to Boston25 News.
In order to help ease the transition, Walgreens said they would automatically transfer patient files and prescriptions to a Walgreens one mile away.
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And where does she live?
yup!... its always something.....worse than a bad marriage and....
gimme gimme gimme.
Baldy would be better off to imitate (not emulate- that would be too much effort)
Barry O community organizer.
She SOUNDS loke one of them. What she FAILS TO REALIZE this is not a federal issue.
Horseshit, bitch! Anything you disagree with is rascist!
So when will NOT committing suicide be considered r@cist?
the stupid
it burns
She knows what she is saying and doing, this is the enemy folks believe every word coming out of that loud mouth
CVS is headquartered in Rhode Island, but there are plenty in the Boston area.
Obviously, requiring businesses to effectively subsidize the manner of culture - which the Left promotes and depends on - that fosters a character of much crime is not a solution, vs, getting back to the Bible and the Lord Jesus, and away from the Left.
And if Walgreens should stay in high crime rate areas, then a question may be, should her husband (Mr. Harris) and her move into one from the safer area of Hyde Park? https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-boston-ma/
Well, the bright side is it’s another opportunity to take another building away from the black residents and move illegals in -woo!
You wanted thieves to be able to steal without getting arrested for it. Here are the consequences. No more stores anywhere near you. You broke it.
Sinead! You’ve come back! Nice tan.
Why would I do that?
Oh, GFYS, Presley. It’s not like you live in your district anyway.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley should open her own drug store in that neighborhood.
You’ll get used to it chrome dome.
“Community”.
“There is probably a CVS across the street or right next door.”
It will be closing soon too.
I wonder what she calls black Oakland kids robbing white tourists who are returning their rental cars at the airport?
I wonder what she calls busting the windows of white people's cars as they stop for lunch or dinner at a restaurant?
-PJ
These ghettos are going to be everything deserts.
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