And there you go, one of the uber-liberal news outlets have made their proclamation
High egg prices weren’t Biden’s fault. They’re not Trump’s either, but they’re his problem now
The soaring price of eggs has alarmed consumers and the agriculture industry, and practically everyone in Washington is pointing fingers in various directions to direct blame.
It’s hard to lay America’s egg crisis at the feet of any one politician. But agricultural experts say politicians in Washington and around the country can do more to help curtail the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or avian flu, responsible for the deaths of more than 40 million egg-laying birds last year.
Because of short supply, egg prices rose 14% from November to December alone, and they are projected to rise another 20% this year, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
Grocery stores across the country are limiting egg purchases, Waffle House announced a 50-cent surcharge per egg, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the shutdown of all live poultry markets in the state through February 14 to try to contain the spread.
The initial spike in egg prices after COVID could partially be blamed on over-spending by Biden and Congress, as well as lockdowns by mostly Democrat governors, not to mention runs on eggs. And the spike in gas prices did not help. Unlike a lot of products, the inflationary pricing on eggs was an illusion. Killing all those chickens, though, was huge in the cost of the eggs. Was that all necessary? Some will say, yes, some will say it was Biden trying to harm Trump’s time in office. Avian flu is real. I lean towards the “yes, it was necessary in order to attempt to save the rest of the flock.”
Instead, many politicians have used rising egg prices to turn the opposing party into a punching bag. For example, some Democrats in Congress were quick to criticize President Donald Trump’s chaotic agenda by noting that his actions to dismantle various aspects of the federal government will do nothing to lower the price of eggs. Trump also campaigned on the promise to lower grocery prices for Americans. “When I win, I will immediately bring down prices, starting day one,” he said on the campaign trail.
Last week, pushing back, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said egg prices have continued to surge because “the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, therefore lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage.”
I mean, they did. She wasn’t necessarily saying that Biden needs to be Blamed, just that it happened. Things happen. Biden had no control over that. It does go to show that politics are way too national, and that the Credentialed Media are happy to attempt to protect Democrats and Blame Republicans.
That’s not exactly correct. Yes, the highly contagious virus is to blame for the deaths of 130 million birds during the Biden administration since 2022, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. But that is because the USDA requires the culling of entire flocks to stop the spread if the virus is detected. It happened during the Biden administration and is happening right now under the Trump administration. One hundred thousand ducks were culled between January 20 and January 23 at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, New York, after the virus was detected there.
“There is nothing Biden could have done to stop the bird flu. There is nothing President Trump could have done to stop the bird flu – it’s neither of their faults,” said egg producer Frank Hilliker, who owns Hilliker Farms in Lakeside, California.
Ducks? Hadn’t heard that. Anyhow, CNN is correct, there are times you have to back off of the blamestorming. Maybe they should tell their Comrades in the media.
It’s just not fair is it, that a current president gets saddled with what goes wrong?
Of course, candidate Don claimed he would end inflation, but it’s getting worse.
He claimed he would end Russia’s obscenity in Ukraine, but hasn’t.
He claimed he would deport all the “illegals” but was unprepared for the task. He’s even releasing detainees back into the US! The horror.
He HAS gutted the pittance we commit to foreign aid.
He HAS incited even more divisiveness in America.
He HAS stated that he backs the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Palestinians, turning Gaza into Mediterranean Disneyland!!
Lolgfy lying loser!
Hey baby!
Must be doing something right.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/09/cbs-poll-approval-rating-donald-trump/
Suck it losers!
MAGA47 Motherfuckers!
The Rethugs always blame the previous Democratic admin for Rethug failures. Always.
They also claim successes from Dem admin result from the previous Rethug admin.
Clinton’s surging economy and balanced budgets resulted from the fine work of St Reagan.
George W Bush’s disastrous terms were because of the world Clinton left him.
Obama’s solid economy resulted from two effects: Bush’s War on Terrah (and massive spending) and the expectations of Trump taking office.
The failures of Trump’s first term resulted from the poor state Obama left him and especially helping the Chinese to create Covid. Biden’s strong economy was Trump’s work!!
In reality, the only thing Donnie the First got right was Operation Warp Speed – developing the Covid vaccines that saved millions of American lives.
But MAGAts now hate vaccines. Go figure. Stupid science.
Ellie, your memory is poor. It was the Democrats who attacked the vaccines during 4Q19 because Trump was for them.
Are the vaccines perfect?
No. But the FDA told us in Dec 2020 that they weren’t. The efficacy, the effectiveness of a drug in a controlled environment, for the mRNA vaccines was around 92%. For Johnson & Johnson, a vaccine using traditional dead virus technology it was around 72%. So effectiveness in the wide wide world was expected to be in the 85-90% range. IOW it was expected that around 10% of those vaccinated would not be protected.
Did the Feds tell us that? No. They and the media sold the vaccines as a silver bullet. So, when the failures become known they lost all creditability. Fauci later claimed that if we were told the truth, that they were good but not perfect, people would resist taking the vaccines.
Fauci also first said masks weren’t needed, then they were… His first lie was based, according to him, they should be kept for use by medical personnel. He changed his mind because masks do HELP, and were doing so in Japan and other countries. He then screwed it up again by pushing lockdowns.
This cluster fuck of information handling drove many people to just say to hell with it, I’ll take my chances. If they were healthy and young that worked. If old and immune compromised it did not,
If the Biden administration had just trusted their fellow citizens and given the facts things would have been better. But no, being good Lefties they wanted more control so they extended the lies.
So Ellie, try to be factual.
I wonder how many “citiots” think eggs come from the store? The average hen takes between 18-23 weeks from hatch to begin producing eggs. The roosters who identify as hens, substantially longer.
But it’s really not that much they say.
<blockquote: ‘Violated the law’ per Elon.
The city expects roughly $237 million will eventually be ponied up by the feds, but only $81 million of that was paid as of last week, officials told The Post.
Oh but NYC has an excuse.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/fema-sent-59m-last-week-to-luxury-nyc-hotels-to-house-illegal-migrants-elon-musk-says/
Elon Rules!
MAGA47 Motherfuckers!
I keep hearing about $8 a dozen eggses, but here’s a picture I took at about 2:30 PM EST today, a dozen jumbo eggs for $4.59.