Conservative activist David McIntosh, a co-founder of both the Federalist Society and the Club for Growth, slipped on a proverbial banana skin with his attempted attack of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).The former Republican congressman from Indiana, who served in Ronald Reagan’s administration, shared on X a photo of Mamdani holding up unripened plantains during a July news conference announcing city-owned supermarkets that would offer discounted food staples.“I, for one, do not want to eat the suspiciously green bananas from the government store,” McIntosh captioned the image, mistakenly identifying the fruit.He later doubled down by posting a video of himself holding and then taking a bite out of a ripe banana.“Hey, Mayor Mamdani, I just got this banana at a nice little bodega down the street, owned by a sweet couple,” he said in the clip. “They don’t need a city store there, it’s really good, much better than your green bananas.”Critics asked whether McIntosh had ever heard of a term called... ripening.Who's gonna tell him that the banana he just ate was green before?— Gordon Freeman (@GordonFreeman_3) August 4, 2026Do...Do you people not have teams? I thought you had like teams? A social media intern or someone on your staff to go "Hey this'll make you look really out of touch, don't post it"?— Mr Spaceman (@Poopiepoopapoo) August 4, 2026Fun fact the Banana you ate was green a week ago— Nate (@NutsandBoltsz) August 4, 2026Geez, you just need to wait for a few days to ripe.— It's me (@onivor0) August 4, 2026You see how that banana is green at the top? The whole thing looked like that before it was ripened. Hope that helps.— commissioner shayla, mn twins enthusiast (@shaylarz) August 4, 2026Brother I mean this with love but are you fucking stupid— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) August 4, 2026Are you actually serious? Do you think that bananas just instantly appear on trees like how you see them in the grocery store?— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 4, 2026David, please buy one of the suspiciously green bananas, take it home, and wait a few days. Just trust me! Something magical will happen.— fag daughter🐦⬛𓅨 (@fag_daughter) August 4, 2026too on the nose that a Club for Growth Reaganite tool doesn't do his own grocery shopping— Millennials For Revolution (@Bernlennials) August 4, 2026The prompt was "Unintentionally confess that you've never seen fruit before" and you really nailed it, man— Josh Crowley (sp?) (@jdcrowley) August 4, 2026This has to be a joke. Please tell me you are joking.— commissioner shayla, mn twins enthusiast (@shaylarz) August 4, 2026Tell me you haven’t been in a grocery store or have ever cooked anything yourself in a kitchen without telling me you haven’t done any of that shit— Valuesauce (@valuesauce) August 4, 2026“Suspiciously green bananas” my brother in Christ, you have discovered an unripe banana. Wait three days.— William (@Famecunmid) August 5, 2026"Suspiciously green"? That's just what normal bananas look like when they're unripe.Just leave them on the counter for a couple of days, and they'll be good to go. This is pathetic, man.— Blind Bandit Enthusiast (@BuffReview) August 4, 2026Bananas are green when they are imported into the US.They're green at every grocery store when first taken out of the cartons and put on the produce shelves.They turn yellow when they ripen at home. The riper they are, the less nutritional they become.— Stuart B (B3man) 📝 (@Filamagnum) August 4, 2026Bro doesn't know unripe bananas are green and went and bought a banana at a bodega thinking he's tough.— South (@rockingsouths) August 4, 2026