Donald Trump's decisive win the presidential election over Kamala Harris led many pundits and politicians on news programs to attribute his victory to the price of eggs.
"To say that the economy is good when people still think the price of eggs is too damn high, is not a winning message," columnist Margaret Carlson said on MSNBC.
"While Donald Trump has an inability often to tell the truth, the truth to so many Americans is the price of eggs," historian Mark Updegrove mused, arguing that the prices of groceries and other goods drove Americans' decision at the polls on Election Night.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs in September was $3.82. While the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation have attributed to the ebb, flow, and rising egg prices over the past few years, a big stress on the egg supply chain remains the strain of bird flu, which affected nearly 100.8 million birds between January 2022 and October 2024, including millions of chickens.
"Our eggs are 160% higher," Fox Business host Cheryl Casone said.
"I eat a lot of meat and a lot of eggs, and I'm paying twice what I paid four years ago," Fox News host Sean Hannity said.
