Rollins’ claim that prices for other protein sources were ā€œcoming downā€ is inaccurate. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of eggs, while lower than in 2025, has increased in recent months, increasing by 4.3% from May to June, falling by 0.5% from June to July, and then increasing again by 2.9% from July to August. Pork and chicken costs both increased by 0.4% from July to August.

Meanwhile, prices for ground beef hit a new record after reaching an average price of around $7.16 per pound as of August, an increase of 0.6% from July and 7.9% when compared with the previous year.

ā€œIf Joe Biden said anything close to this, MAGA would’ve had a total meltdown,ā€ argued Democratic influencer Harry Sisson in a social media post on X to his more than 400,000 followers. ā€œNow this is just part of Trump’s messaging. Hypocrisy at its finest.ā€

Others, like the progressive media organization MeidasTouch, jokingly argued that Rollins was ā€œabout two weeks away from telling people they can always eat bugs.ā€

ā€œYou will eat the bugs, you will live in the pod,ā€ quipped Damin Toell, a New York-based attorney, in a social media post on X.

A multi-millionaire telling people to eat other protein that they also cannot afford is about as close to a ā€œlet them eat cakeā€ moment as we’ll probably get.

  • Krumm@lemmy.world
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    What an American conservative take you have there. Why don’t you like them? They’re just like you.

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      Why don’t I like Americans?

      I’m guessing you voted for Trump. Because that’s the only thing that explains a dumb question like that.

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        Because you were one yourself and you ran away instead of doing the hard work of changing things for the better here.