While Senate Democrats refuse to pass a spending bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), they have simultaneously orchestrated a malicious blame game, pointing fingers at President Donald Trump for a crisis they engineered. This calculated strategy, designed to motivate their base ahead of the elections, has come at a dire cost: the unleashing of lawlessness and desperation in grocery stores across the country. As Democrats prioritize funding for illegal alien healthcare and taxpayer-subsidized genital mutilation of minors over feeding American citizens, the predictable outcome has manifested—crazed lunatics are storming retail establishments, filling their carts, and daring anyone to stop them.

Engineering chaos

For weeks, the warnings circulated openly on social media platforms, a digital drumbeat foretelling the storm. Individuals dependent on the government dole posted videos explicitly outlining their intentions: if the food stamp spigot was turned off, they would simply go to their local grocery stores and take whatever they wanted. They promised violence against any employee or law enforcement officer who attempted to intervene. To a populace still clinging to the norms of civil society, these threats seemed like the bluster of online agitators. But the bluff has been called, and the grim reality is now playing out in real time.

In West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the theory was violently tested. Two women, Olivia L. Byrd and Rahjane J. Byrd, were arrested after an incident at a Market Basket that encapsulates this new brand of audacious criminality. They weren't stealthily pocketing cheap staples. Their targets were luxury items: prime ribeye steaks, lobster meat, and truffle butter. After concealing their haul, they brazenly attempted to walk out without paying. When confronted by store employees, one of the women reportedly struck an employee in the face with her cell phone. This is not the act of someone in desperate need of bread and milk; it is the entitled aggression of a segment of society that has been taught that rules do not apply to them and that their wants are someone else's responsibility.

Meanwhile, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, police are searching for a man captured on surveillance footage nonchalantly pushing a full cart of groceries out the front door of a Giant food store. The cost of such a cart in today's inflated economy can easily reach several hundred dollars, making this not petty theft but a significant felony.