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JD Vance was roundly mocked online over a trip to the supermarket where he bemoaned the steep price of eggs — and botched the photo opp.

The Republican vice presidential nominee stopped by a supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania, with his sons over the weekend to illustrate how grocery prices have been impacted by “Kamala Harris’s policies” when he claimed a dozen eggs cost $4.

The problem? When footage of the visit emerged, Vance was quickly called out by viewers who spotted the price tag of a dozen eggs behind him was actually $2.99.


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He is an idiot but the price of eggs is definitely up quite a bit. Cheapest near me is $3.70/dozen. That is over double what it was a couple years ago. Bird flu is part of it but considering how much collusion there has been in the market (my AG sent people a decent check sadist of successful lawsuits against poultry and pork producers for price fixing), I wouldn't be surprised if that was part of it.

But if he is trying to make it seem like there is massive inflation in the good market overall, he is wrong. Food price inflation has been lower than general inflation for a bit. Granted much of it is still much higher than it should be.

[–] xc2215x 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's nice. Where I live, they're only 3.85/dozen.

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[–] MsPenguinette 2 points 1 month ago

“Vance mocked for [insert here]” being a common headline is a media trend I find funny. So shines a chuckle in a weary world

[–] Mobiledecay 2 points 1 month ago

And they'll still believe and defend him. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I went to Chicago in 2016 and eggs were 99 cents a dozen. I practically lived on them while I was there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I guess Reading is not his strong suit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Taxes and rounding?

Like seriously, this is such a bait article. Anything to keep Trump and Vance in the news, I guess

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