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Leavitt's comments came directly after Democrats took several jabs at Trump’s handling of the cost of living crisis just days after his inauguration, citing rising prices for eggs amid larger conversations about the price of groceries and cost of living as a whole.
While the consumer price index shows consumer prices increased roughly 20% under former President Joe Biden’s administration, Democrats remain skeptical that Trump’s economic proposals will prove effective.
"The price of eggs and the cost of living was supposed to go down. Not up," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a post on X on Friday.
SHELLING OUT: EGG PRICES RISE NEARLY 37 PERCENT
Rep. Eric Swalwell has cast doubt on President Donald Trump's ability to reduce the prices of groceries. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"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," Rep. Swalwell wrote on X on Jan. 7.
Vice President JD Vance addressed the cost of groceries in an interview Sunday with CBS’ Margaret Brennan, citing several executive orders that Trump signed his first week in office focused on the economy and reducing energy prices. Among those orders was a directive instructing every department and agency to address the cost of living crisis.
VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE PRESSED ON WHEN GROCERY PRICES WILL COME DOWN: ‘WHICH ONE LOWERS PRICES?'
Vice President JD Vance clashed with CBS' Margaret Brennan on several topics, including the prices of groceries in an interview on Jan. 26, 2025. (CBS screenshot)
"Prices are going to come down, but it's going to take a little bit of time, right?" Vance said. "The president has been president for all of five days. I think that, in those five days, he's accomplished more than Joe Biden did in four years."
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The state of the economy ranked as the top issue in the 2024 election, according to a Gallup poll conducted in September 2024.
Voters also believed Trump better equipped to address the economy than his opponent, Harris. While 54% of American voters claimed Trump could better handle the economy, only 45% backed Kamala, the poll found.
Fox Business’ Alexandra Koch and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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