CNN: High Egg Prices Are Not Trump Nor Biden’s Fault

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.

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