This Leftist isn’t too bright. They certainly proved that while speaking to this media outlet.
And a leading Democrat Senator fell on her face during a humiliating interview.
In a recent sit-down with The New York Times, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, found herself in an unexpected scramble. Known for spotlighting the soaring cost of eggs as a symbol of economic woes, Klobuchar stumbled when pressed to recall a simple detail: the price of a dozen eggs in her home state of Minnesota.
The exchange has sparked questions about her focus and the clarity of her critique, especially as she ties egg prices to Trump’s presidency—just over a month into his return to office.
Klobuchar has repeatedly pointed to egg costs as a tangible example of economic strain, subtly suggesting that Trump bears the blame. This narrative persists despite the fact that prices have climbed steadily over the past four years under the Biden administration, fueled by inflation and, more recently, a bird flu outbreak. When The Times zeroed in on her egg-centric messaging, they asked a straightforward question: “What did you last pay for a dozen eggs in Minnesota?”
The senator hesitated. “I’ll have to check at our local grocery store,” she replied, sidestepping the query. “I just got some last week, so I don’t want to give you the wrong figure,” she added, before conceding, “But I know that they have definitely gone up.”
It was an odd dodge for someone so fixated on the issue. Later in the conversation, however, Klobuchar circled back with a sudden burst of precision. “There is a reason I waited on this, because there is a difference. In Minnesota, it’s around $8.50, which is—in my memory, it’s two to three times what it was last summer or last year,” she said.
“And then in the Giant Food [in Washington], it’s nine bucks. I go to three different grocery stores, but I always shop on my own.”
The flip-flop left some puzzled. If egg prices are a cornerstone of her argument, why the initial blank? The Times pressed further, noting that the bird flu has been a key driver of the spike and asking if she holds Trump accountable for that.
“I hold him responsible for promises that he made, and the eggs are not the only issue here,” Klobuchar responded, her answer veering into vagueness. “If it was just one problem, then that would not be the problem. The problem is housing, child care. I don’t think anyone thought he was going to turn it around in one day, but he’s made no moves to turn it around,” she continued. “None. Zero. And so that is the much bigger picture, and eggs are emblematic of the bigger picture.”
The numbers tell a more layered story. Inflationary pressures from the Biden years have steadily pushed prices upward, with the bird flu adding a sharp twist in recent months. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is barely a month old, inheriting a complex mess.
Over at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Secretary Brooke Rollins is tackling the issue head-on. In an interview with Breitbart News, she detailed her first day on the job: “My very first briefing—I think I was voted on around noon yesterday, I was sworn in around three, took a couple pictures, and then I immediately went into a briefing on avian flu and egg prices with the team at USDA.”
Rollins emphasized the urgency. “I think I had about eight people in my office at USDA about it. I’ve already talked to the president about it. I’ve talked to my counterparts in the White House over at NEC, Kevin Hassett, and we’re not ready to announce anything yet, but next week we’ll be talking about this much more specifically,” she said.
She contextualized the crisis: “I think it’s real important for your audience to understand these egg prices are at an almost 40-year high and that this has been an upward trajectory for a little while.” She also nodded to history, noting, “Now, under the four years of Trump, they came back down in ’17, ’18, ’19, and ’20. At least in recent history, those years we had some of the lowest prices on record.”
Recently, Rollins outlined early steps. The USDA is “rolling out a plan that addresses the avian flu directly,” she told Breitbart. “But I do think it’s really important for everyone to understand that this problem did not just happen overnight, and it will take us a little while to get our arms around it. Vaccinations will continue to be looked at and reviewed. Only a handful of countries around the world actually use vaccinations for their egg-laying hens, for their chickens.”
Imports are also in play. “We are beginning to import. I just met with Ag. Commissioner of Texas Sid Miller (R), he let me know that they are working to import some eggs from the country of Turkey,” she stated. “So, there will be some slight import, I think, to immediately address the shortage.”
Rollins painted a multifaceted challenge. “But, eventually, we will get our arms around this. We will, hopefully, solve for the avian flu, we will get the cost of inputs down, we will lift regulations, and, ultimately, it is—again, it is not just one reason that eggs are so high, it’s a myriad of reasons that we are working to solve every day,” she said.
Klobuchar’s egg fixation may aim to spotlight economic struggles, but her shaky recall and reluctance to pin the crisis on its full range of causes—bird flu, inherited inflation, and more—leave her critique feeling half-baked.
As the USDA scrambles to crack the problem, the senator’s messaging risks boiling down to a lesson in political optics rather than a clear recipe for solutions.
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