As the cost of eggs and everyday staples spikes under President Donald Trump’s second term, Democrats and corporate media are suddenly sounding the alarm—after years of shrugging off a punishing inflation wave during Joe Biden’s presidency. The shift, stark as a $5 dozen, has conservatives crowing about hypocrisy while Trump’s team scrambles to deliver on campaign vows to tame prices.
Take Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), who Tuesday blasted egg costs as “absolutely outrageous” on X, urging Trump to “take action.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) piled on Wednesday, tying “skyrocketing” egg prices to Trump’s “firing” of bird flu responders—a dig at his efficiency push. Yet, under Biden, when inflation hit a 40-year peak of 9.1% in June 2022 and eggs soared past $4 a dozen, both stayed mostly quiet. Warren even sang Biden’s praises in April 2024, boasting of 15 million jobs and “inflation down”—a claim that glossed over rates still triple pre-pandemic norms.
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Trump’s camp isn’t letting it slide. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins fired back Wednesday, pinning high egg prices on “over-regulation” and “too much government” from Biden’s era, not just avian flu. “Policy matters,” she said, unveiling plans to slash red tape and boost supply. It’s a jab at Biden’s tenure, when economists—like the Heritage Foundation’s EJ Antoni—flagged trillion-dollar spending sprees (think $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan) as inflation rocket fuel, ballooning the deficit to $34 trillion.
Back then, Democrats and media allies played defense. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in July 2024, shrugged off Biden’s inflation woes: “One person can’t control global inflation.” Whoopi Goldberg on The View that same month asked, “What do you want him to do?”—rattling off COVID, wars, and global price hikes as excuses. Silent on eggs then, Whitmer now gripes about Valentine’s Day chocolate costs under Trump, warning his tariffs could “drive up costs” by thousands per family.
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The numbers tell a tale. Biden inherited 1.4% inflation in January 2021; by his exit, it hovered at 3.5%—down from 2022’s peak but far above Trump’s first-term average of 1.9%. Exit polls from November 2024 showed voters ranked the economy tops, with many sour on Biden’s record. Trump seized that discontent, signing a January 20 memo to “defeat the cost-of-living crisis” by slashing spending and regs—moves Democrats now decry as too slow or misaimed.
The egg flap’s just the latest volley. Rosen and Warren’s newfound price-hawk stances clash with their Biden-era calm, when “reasonable explanations” (bird flu, supply chains) dulled the sting of $100 grocery runs. Republicans, meanwhile, say Trump’s inherited a mess—Biden’s “destructive policies” stoked demand while choking supply, per his memo. With Rollins vowing action and Democrats pointing fingers, the inflation blame game’s heating up—proving eggs aren’t the only thing getting scrambled in D.C.
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