Associated Press fact-checker Melissa Goldin came running to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's defense on Tuesday after conservative media personalities and Republican politicians accused him of hypocrisy for requiring a "library-card-esque" ID to shop at his government-run grocery stores, but opposing it when it comes to voting. However, Goldin's insistence that such claims are "misinformation" was not convincing.
Goldin lamented, "Misinformation began spreading in response to a comment made at a press conference last week by Jeanny Pak, the interim president and CEO of New York City's Economic Development Corporation. Asked how the city will stop people from taking advantage of lower prices at the stores,