JD Vance was roundly mocked online over a trip to the supermarket where he bemoaned the steep price of eggs — and botched the photo opp.

The Republican vice presidential nominee stopped by a supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania, with his sons over the weekend to illustrate how grocery prices have been impacted by “Kamala Harris’s policies” when he claimed a dozen eggs cost $4.

The problem? When footage of the visit emerged, Vance was quickly called out by viewers who spotted the price tag of a dozen eggs behind him was actually $2.99.


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  • @athairmor
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    963 months ago

    He said his three kids—7,4 and 3 years old—eat “14 eggs every single morning”. Either he’s an idiot or the toddlers are training to fight Dolph Lundgren.

    • @[email protected]
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      3 months ago

      I am sure the actual quote is even stupider than I can imagine but:

      Three kids. Let’s assume 3 sunny side up eggs for him, 7, and 4. That gets 9. Then whatever his couch eats so let’s say 10-11. Then another 3 or 4 for a “big pile of scrambled eggs” for the 3 year old and for the 4 year old to actually eat because yucky runny eggs. And then whatever his servants are able to sneak off to feed themselves.

      It is very reasonable for a household that doesn’t care about money or food waste.

    • @chronicledmonocle
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      193 months ago

      I mean … Vance is an idiot, but I have three boys. Between me, my wife, and my three kids, we each eat 2-3 eggs worth of scrambled eggs some mornings. 5x2 is 10, 5x3 is 15. That’s right in line with his claims, if he counts himself and wife, which he probably is and just being an idiot again.

      That said, I don’t have eggs EVERY DAY. FFS my cholesterol would be sky high. I do buy 10-15 dozen eggs at a time, though, because the local farmer’s market sells 15 dozen for $25-30 and eggs will keep for 6-10 weeks in the fridge that is consistently the same low, near freezing temp (perfect for the outdoor, secondary fridge).

      • subignition
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        FFS my cholesterol would be sky high.

        Cholesterol intake is not directly correlated with blood cholesterol. Eat all the eggs you want. The bigger problem is saturated and trans fat.

        Further, in the specific circumstances where eggs are the source of dietary cholesterol, an improvement in dyslipidemias is observed due to the formation of less atherogenic lipoproteins and changes in HDL associated with a more efficient reverse cholesterol transport. However, if the cholesterol sources are consumed with saturated and trans fats, as happens in the Western diet pattern, increases in plasma cholesterol may be observed.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate
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      113 months ago

      That’s still almost 3 dozen short of Gaston, they’ll never get large at this rate.

    • @linearchaos
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      53 months ago

      Either he’s an idiot or the toddlers are training to fight Dolph Lundgren.

      ¿Por qué no los dos?

    • @[email protected]
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      43 months ago

      I could totally have gone for a five-egg omelette or scrambled eggs every morning when I was a kid.

      My mother was not going to do that every morning, though.

    • Davel23
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      43 months ago

      They obviously each eat one egg per year of age.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        43 months ago

        I’m not Cool Hand Luke. I can’t eat fifty eggs.

          • @SpaceNoodle
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            23 months ago

            Have you even seen the price of eggs? They’re either $2.99 or $4 and I can’t just ask my friends for all their chickens’ output

    • Tiefling IRL
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      43 months ago

      Did he just add their ages together? Does that mean he eats 40 eggs each morning? Fucking weirdo

    • SeaJ
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      43 months ago

      OMG. His kids must shit solid bricks.

    • @Clbull
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      13 months ago

      That’s more than enough protein for three young children .