Hillbilly Egg-lgy: Vance Vindicated
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) was widely criticized last month when he complained about the price of eggs approaching four dollars.
“Eggs, when Kamala Harris took office, were short of $1.50 a dozen. Now a dozen eggs will cost you around $4. Thanks to Kamala Harris’s inflationary policies, Pennsylvania actually has seen some of the worst grocery price increases of the entire nation, and again, it’s because she cast a deciding vote on the inflation explosion act,” Vance said during a stop at a supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Critics pounced. The average price of eggs was really only $3.20 in August, they said. Others zeroed in on the price labels on shelves behind Vance, which appeared to indicate a lower price for eggs.
Even if the Ohio senator had been as incorrect as the left claimed, Vance’s…
