Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, was denied the sale of alcohol this week after he forgot his identification while promoting a new state law allowing customers to buy canned alcoholic cocktails from convenience stores.
The governor’s office told the Hill that Shapiro put the alcoholic drink back after being carded, and no one bought alcohol for him.
Shapiro was making an appearance at Rutter’s convenience store in central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, along with other legislative leaders and members of the Pennsylvania liquor control board, to celebrate the new law and pick up some canned cocktails.
In video clips and photos, Shapiro was seen laughing inside the store when he realized that he forgot his ID, and then was seen leaving the store empty-handed.
“Everybody’s been there,” Shapiro spokesperson Manuel Bonder told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Follow the law and get your canned cocktails.”
The Hill reported that Shapiro intended to buy some Philadelphia-based Surfside tea and vodka beverages.
The state law, Act 86, authorizes places like grocery stores and gas stations in the Keystone state to sell ready-to-drink cocktails with up to 12.5% alcohol by volume in containers of up to 16 ounces, starting 16 September.
Shapiro signed the bipartisan legislation into law this summer.
“This is what real freedom looks like, and we did it in a way that protects taxpayers and supports our state workers” Shapiro said in August.
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Before this, convenience stores and grocery stores in Pennsylvania could sell beer and wine but could not sell ready-to-drink beverages, and only state-run stores could sell hard liquor.
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