Vice President J.D. Vance was pressed during an interview with CBS’s Margaret Brennan on Sunday about lower grocery prices.
Vice President J.D. Vance was pressed on Sunday during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on grocery prices, arguing that President Donald Trump’s first of many moves in office was It will help lower prices for Americans.
“No, Margaret, prices are going to come down, but it’s going to take a while, right? The president has been president for five days. I think, in those five days, he’s done more than he’s ever done. Biden did in four years,” Vance told Brennan, who pressed him that Trump had signed several executive orders in his first week that focused on lowering grocery prices. “All the things we’ve done, to find energy reserves in the United States, to find energy reserves.”
Some Democrats have mocked Trump over grocery prices since taking office. including Representative Eric Solwell, “I don’t care if Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. I just want to know what he’s going to do to lower the cost of groceries,” said DeCalif, who posted on X in early January. going.”
“Donald Trump has already taken a number of executive actions that are going to lower energy prices, and I believe consumers are going to see lower prices at the pump and at the grocery store,” Vance said. But it’s going to take one. Little time was not made in a day. “
CBS News’ Margaret Brennan pressed VP JD Vance on grocery prices. (Screenshot/CBS/Fox News)
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the price of eggs has increased by about 37 percent compared to last year.
Former President Biden and his administration have repeatedly insisted that it will take time for Americans to realize the former president’s achievements when it comes to the economy.
Brennan asked Vance about when voters would notice differences in “touch and feel” products at grocery stores, and specifically noted Vance had mentioned bacon on the campaign trail.
“Okay, but Margaret, how does bacon get to the grocery store? It comes on trucks that are fueled by diesel fuel. If diesel is too expensive, bacon will become more expensive. How do we grow bacon? Our farmers need energy to produce it, if we lower energy prices we’ll see lower prices for consumers, and that’s what we’re trying to fight for.
The vice president also said during the interview that Big Tech was still on notice, Despite his donations to Trump’s inauguration.
Vice President Sen. JD Vance (ROH) arrives for a campaign rally at Radford University on July 22, 2024 in Radford, Virginia. (Alex Wang/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Brennan said during the interview that most of the executive orders were not focused on the economy, but Vance pushed back.
“We’ve taken over 200 executive actions — some executive orders, other executive actions. Again, it’s less than a week. I have, and many of them focused on the economy, allowing our country to invest and lower energy prices.’ also focused on restoring security, disarming the Department of Justice, and I think the president with that incredible mandate. “They should be praised for doing something that the American people have given and they will be praised for doing something,” he said in the Oval Office I’m not sitting around, and I think they’re going to do a lot of good.
