Vance was at a supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania with his sons to illustrate how grocery prices have been impacted by ‘Kamala Harris’s policies’

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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  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    5 days 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.