On today’s episode of ‘I live in fucking Stupidville’…Oakdale grocery offering 20 percent discount to Trump supporters

An Oakdale grocery store is offering supporters of President Donald Trump a 20% discount on purchases, excluding beer, the store’s Facebook page posted this week.

“TRUMP Supporters GET 20% OFF,” read the ad, decorated with an American flag, from the Fresh Food Supermarket on Montauk Highway. “MENTION AT THE CASH REGISTER YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER TO GET DISCOUNT. (EXCLUDES BEER).”

A woman who answered the store phone Thursday morning, Alejandra Garcia, told a caller: “You just go up to the counter. You tell the cashier that you’re a supporter of Trump, and we’ll give you the discount.”

The sale began Thursday and runs indefinitely, but savings is capped at $20 per purchase, Garcia said.

In an interview, store owner José Colón said that he knew before he made the Facebook post that the sale would be controversial. He said he voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 elections, but that he voted for Trump in 2016 and is voting for Trump again this year.

“I’m a Trump supporter. We live in a free country. We have freedom of speech to support any candidate,” he said, explaining that he believes Trump “will help this country recoup from the pandemic economically.”

Asked whether he would also give a discount to someone who announces support for Trump’s Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, Colón said: “I’ll give them a discount as well,” but he demurred when asked about third-party candidates.