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I see a lot of posts implying that people voted for Trump to lower the price of eggs. Calling them out because he got elected and eggs are still expensive.
Does anyone know the source of this idea? Did people actually use the price of eggs as a reason to vote red?
Comment by PhysicsEagle at 24/01/2025 at 17:02 UTC
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“The price of eggs” is shorthand for concerns about the cost of living
Comment by Delehal at 23/01/2025 at 23:29 UTC
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During the campaign season, the Trump-Vance campaign repeatedly brought up high grocery prices as one of the number one problems facing Americans. Trump-Vance repeatedly blamed this problem on Democrats, and said that a new Trump presidency could fix the problem very quickly. At one press conference, Trump posed in front of a table of groceries and said, "When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one."
There's a particular campaign stop by JD Vance where he made some comments about the price of eggs, which went viral on social media. After winning the election, Trump started to walk back those promises about grocery prices[1].
So, the meme of it is basically making fun of people who voted for Trump, thinking that he would fix inflation, when that's not something that he is likely to actually do.
Comment by Elkenrod at 23/01/2025 at 23:25 UTC
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Does anyone know the source of this idea?
It's a way to belittle people who voted for him.
The economy was a key factor in the last election, and the American public felt like the Biden administration was not doing enough to address the American public's concerns about the price of things like food continuing to go up; as the Biden administration was touting how good the economy was.
When Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, the Liberal users of Reddit tried to boil the reason that people voted for Trump down to them "being upset about the price of eggs", as eggs were one food item that has seen a very large price increase lately - largely due to the bird flu that is going around, and not due to actual economic factors.
Did people actually use the price of eggs as a reason to vote red?
Yes and no, but the "price of eggs" is a snarky way to belittle their concerns about the economy.