Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, slammed a reporter outside the White House on Thursday who questioned whether the prices of eggs were really falling.
The exchange happened after a reporter asked if he had any updates on a program that he and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins instituted to help solve the problem that was caused by an outbreak in bird flu late last year.
“Yeah, they’re down $2.50 a dozen,” he said. “And I went to the grocery store, as I do every Saturday, because I’m the one who likes to shop at my family because I get to see all the prices. And the egg prices in D.C. were actually down quite a bit more than $2.50 a dozen.”
When asked how he knows that the Trump administration’s efforts were responsible for the decline, Hassett responded: “Because if you look at the data on the culling of chickens, it’s basically stopped, starting on January 20th, there’s a chart we can show you on that.”
“But it’s astonishing how many chickens were killed in the last two months of the Biden administration,” he said. “And by having a more prudent Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has done more prudent policy about how to manage the disease, then we got lower egg prices and healthier chickens, because it’s — they’re not being culled in millions.”
“Remember, it was more than 100 million chickens were culled, and they spent $2 billion killing the chickens,” he said. “And if you look at what’s happened to the culling since President Trump took office, it’s gone almost to zero.”
Another reporter interrupted and tried to ask Hassett a “gotcha” question.
“But what about the wholesale prices of eggs versus what consumers are actually paying?” the reporter asked. “We’ve seen wholesale prices go down, but it’s not always reflected in the grocery stores.”
“For the latest egg prices, go to the grocery store,” Hassett responded. “Like I literally just went to the grocery and bought the same eggs I always buy, and they were way down.”
WATCH:
WATCH: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett shames reporters on the price of eggs:
"Go to the grocery store”
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