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Trump Vowed to 'Immediately' Bring Down Egg Prices. His New Press Secretary Says Sudden Spike Is Biden's Fault
People ^ | Jan 31, 2025 | Rachel Raposas
Posted on 01/31/2025 8:39:13 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Donald Trump made a campaign promise to "immediately bring prices down" on his first day in office. Instead, egg prices have spiked.
During her first White House briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed former President Joe Biden for hurting the egg supply and driving up costs.
Egg prices are expected to continue rising due to a bird flu outbreak, which Biden's Department of Agriculture tried controlling early on by euthanizing infected chickens.
Egg prices have risen in the short time since President Donald Trump took office — despite his campaign promise to "immediately bring prices down, starting on day one" — leading White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to begin mounting her boss's defense.
In her first official White House press briefing on Tuesday, Leavitt, 27, blamed former President Joe Biden for rising costs with "everything" across the country right now — including eggs, which have started to increase in price and demand due to bird flu outbreaks among chicken flocks.
"There's a lot of reporting out there that's putting the onus on this White House for the increased cost of eggs," Leavitt said. "I'd like to point out to each and every one of you that in 2024 when Joe Biden was in the Oval Office — or upstairs in the residence sleeping, I'm not so sure — egg prices increased 65 percent in this country."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: birgflu; cagefree; economy; eggs; rachelraposas
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