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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“Vance mocked for [insert here]” being a common headline is a media trend I find funny. So shines a chuckle in a weary world
some say that this video is doctored or whatever, is there some merit to that?edit: I’ve read yesterday here on lemmy that some claimed that this video was doctored and “fake news”. is there some merit to that?
No, the actual price of eggs in the location he was is about right. The national average is $3.20 per dozen, and Reading, PA is usually a bit below average (lol)
Are the some that say that on Twitter? Or Truth perhaps?
No some were on a similar post here on Lemmy.
Ah yes.
come on man…
I’ve read yesterday on another post here on lemmy, I don’t make this shit up that some republican was questioning this news article. I just can’t remember which user it was.
I’ve read yesterday on another post here on lemmy
Then say that. Don’t go with “some say.”
I’ve changed the comment.
not doctored.
plus, he’s holding a 24…
yeah okay, that could be a new low, no? Unable to comprehend what one is holding up and where one is.
Maybe there’s a donut shop next door and he can creep out the staff there.
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I forgot the current Vice President was the person to enact policy that directly raises egg prices. It has nothing to do with consumer price gouging and corporate greed. Nosiree.
Weird.
Vance sucks eggs 🥚
I guess Reading is not his strong suit
Maybe he eats 18 at a time?
Dumbass should have come to California. It’s almost $5 for a dozen where I live.
He shows a lot of intelligence in his prayer /s
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.
That’s nice. Where I live, they’re only 3.85/dozen.
1.5 droubles for pack of ten. One drouble is approximately one dollar or exactly 100 roubles.
Quote: “now a dozen eggs will cost you around four dollars thanks to Kamala Harris’ inflationary policies”.
Checks source: Average cost $4.10.
Edit: I’ve updated this post to reflect the point of it being posted in News.
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.
– Vance is being called out for saying eggs cost around $4 while standing in front of eggs that costs $3 when in fact the average cost for eggs he is standing in front of is $4.10.
I hate that this is the bullshit we spend our time arguing over.
good post. i hate vance and I don’t think inflation is bidens fault but i wish everyone would stop acting like clowns.
i wish everyone would stop acting like clowns.
Don’t hold your breath. It’s been this dumb for as long as I can remember.
Well the Democrats are running a campaign on Joy and “Look how shitty and Dumb those guys are”.
So I am not expecting good political discussion around this election.Everyone seeks the validation they crave, of being right before they ask any questions or have to look at reality. And that means ignoring issues to prove they are the most morally connected to their side of righteousness.
Each side is gonna provide their snippets to their sycophants to feel superior.
Strong agree. I think most people just go for the low hanging fruit because they don’t actually care enough to be invested in policy. The vast majority of “news” is just trash to generate clicks and engagement and we all suck it up like calorie-free frappaccinos.
I posted earlier in response to his full comment regarding the “inflation explosion act”. This is something worth reading about - that the Inflation Reduction Act has not had any immediate impact on inflation to date (up or down). Others here have accurately commented about the disease spreading across poultry farms which has most impacted the costs of eggs in particular.
It’s also worth pointing out that bird flu is increasingly having an impact on cattle. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/bird-flu-is-spreading-rapidly-in-california-infected-herds-double-over-weekend/ So, expect dairy prices to slowly and steadily increase.
I just want to point out that the box he is holding… well it’s not a dozen eggs. That’s more like… 30 eggs? or something. 5 rows times 6 rows, if my eyes aren’t deceiving me. No idea how many eggs are in all those boxes behind the price tags, of course, but still. Saying a dozen when you’re holding two-dozen or more is also a lie. :p
Edit: or is it 6 x 6 rows? That’s 3 dozen eggs he’s holding. Edit2: not sure why the downvote. I’m not making it up, you can see him holding the box.
I fail to see how that is relevant at all. He could be holding a steak or a roll of paper towels standing in front of bananas or at a car dealership and speak about the cost of a dozen eggs.
What is relevant is his claim that “Harris’ inflationary policies” had an impact on the price of items at grocery stores. This is untrue.
I think I get it. The internet wants to call out every detail in an image as if they’re true crime detectives. They want to be more right than everyone else. But only based on the most simple piece of content possible. If it requires reading a few paragraphs, or finding your own source material that a news outlet fails to provide, or using a middle school degree of reading / listening comprehension that’s too much work. I did that here, and hate that it needed to be done, to back up my previous comments elsewhere in this thread.
I responded to a post that took a bunch of price tags and calculated an average price of $4,10 for a dozen eggs. I pointed out that we can’t even see how many eggs are in each of those boxes behind the price tags, so the conclusion that a dozen eggs cost on average $4,10 is bullshit (and I used Vance himself holding a box of 3 dozen eggs as proof, because it shows that obviously not all those boxes hold only a dozen eggs). Simple math would show that when you put any of those price tags on a box of 3 dozen eggs, the average price of a dozen eggs goes down significantly.
And you can hold off on the weird insults. I don’t even really care. Not American, I have no horse in this race. Just wanted to point out that the average price conclusion was wrong.
Ok. Simple observation of the image would inform you that you’re wrong. I’m not sure how one person can say the sky is blue and the other look at the same sky and claim it’s “obviously red”.
I wasn’t insulting you. I was speaking generally about the internet’s strange insistence to focus on pointless semantics for the sake of pride. Although, this conversation informs me that maybe there is some elementary education left to discuss among grown adults. I’m going to do us both the favor and assume you’re trolling me.
I bet the $4 ones are 18 count instead of 12 count. I always buy mine in 18s and you can’t really tell unless you look from above.
You are being a shit, I’m not sure if it’s on purpose but you’re so shit sure of yourself you won’t even take a beat to see if you could understand where someone else is coming from. Grow the fuck up.
I was going to point this out as well. He said “a dozen” eggs. Has anyone with eagle eyes verified that some of the more expensive tags on there are not in front of 18 or 24 pack cartons? I sure as hell can’t tell from the potato quality of the image, plus the shelves being out of the camera’s depth of field a bit.
Anyway, regardless of all other tomfoolery either real or imagined, the average price of a dozen eggs nationwide is roughly $3.20 at present,. This is demonstrably down from its peak last year, which was $4.82.
You’re tripling down on this? This is the hill you want to die on?
Do you think a grocer would stock 18 eggs next to 12 eggs without any clear indication until you took it off the top shelf? Or do you think they’d stack it differently, on a lower shelf, so you could easy discern the difference?
What the fuck does this have to do with the fucking point of this story? You want to argue over a fucking dollar? That’s important to you?
I’m not the same person I just recognized you were a jackass and decided to call you out on it, turns out you’re not even an observant jackass.
And they’ll still believe and defend him. 🙄
“Kamala Harris’s policies”? Well, I guess we don’t need an election is she’s already in office making these policies exist in reality.
This isn’t anything new, I’ve seen GOP defenders in comments say the same thing. For some reason she’s already doing things outside the VP job just because she’s running for President. They sure forgot Biden fast, as well as things put into place by their favored Trump when he was slashing and burning in office. It’s the old “look at the gas prices” ignorance.
I had a person talking at me the other day because of my retail job. They said, “I can’t understand why someone would vote for someone, if you’ve already seen them in power and you don’t like what you see.”
I said, “Exactly! Makes perfect sense.”
Then they went on to add, “I mean, she’s been in the White House 3 and a half years!”
Not just GOP defenders. She’s personally sending arms to Israel because she apparently sets that policy. She also, for some reason I just can’t imagine, refuses to call her boss a war criminal.
Oh well, at least we can call her “Holocaust Harris,” am I right? Because that’s not super fucking offensive to more than one group of people.
Those poor kids are adorable too. At least it doesn’t look like they got any goblin genes from dad.
