Fox News host Jesse Watters roasted Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts Thursday for claiming the closure of a Walgreens in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston was due to racism.
Walgreens closed the store, citing changes in consumer buying habits and the market, according to NBC Boston. Watters called out Pressley after she blasted the drug store chain in a Tuesday speech on the House floor, saying she needed to address the reason the store was closing. (RELATED: Pharmacy Chain Debuts Anti-Theft Store In Crime-Ridden Blue City)
“When a Walgreens leaves a neighborhood, they disrupt the entire community, and they take with them baby formula, diapers, asthma inhalers, lifesaving medications, and, of course, jobs,” Pressley, a member of “the Squad,” a group of left-wing Democratic members of the House of Representatives, said in her speech. “These closures are not…
