While American families struggle to keep food on the table, the Biden administration’s solution to rising egg prices? Kill the chickens. Yes, you read that right. According to Kevin Hassett, former Trump administration economic adviser, Biden’s response to the Avian Flu outbreak has been nothing short of disastrous—spending billions to *slaughter chickens* rather than implementing smarter, science-backed solutions.
In an interview on CBS’s *Face the Nation*, Hassett didn’t hold back when asked about the administration’s strategy to combat soaring egg prices. “The Biden plan was just to kill chickens,” Hassett bluntly stated. “They spent billions of dollars just randomly killing chickens within a perimeter where they found a sick chicken.”
Anyone who’s been grocery shopping lately has seen the empty egg shelves and sticker shock when cartons *do* appear. Hassett, speaking from personal experience, said, “I just went to the grocery store shopping for my family—there were no eggs at the store yesterday, just a few. And that happened because they killed all the chickens.”
Instead of exploring effective methods like improved biosecurity measures or targeted medication, the Biden administration opted for a scorched-earth policy—wiping out healthy livestock and leaving Americans with empty shelves and inflated grocery bills.
Hassett pointed out that under President Trump, the focus would have been on “smart perimeters” and solutions that *don’t* involve mass poultry destruction. “We need to have better ways with biosecurity and medication so that you don’t have to kill the chickens,” he emphasized. “That’s what we’re working on—using the best scientists to find real solutions.”
Had Biden’s administration implemented these commonsense measures a year ago, Americans wouldn’t be paying outrageous prices for basic groceries today. But it seems common sense is in short supply at the White House.
Even more baffling, the Avian Flu is primarily spread by migratory birds like ducks and geese—*not* chickens. “Think about it,” Hassett said, highlighting the absurdity. “They’re killing chickens to stop the spread. The chickens don’t really fly. The spread is happening from the geese and the ducks.”
Yet, instead of addressing the real source of the issue, Biden’s Department of Agriculture has doubled down on policies that punish American farmers and consumers alike. Why? Critics believe it’s a calculated move to keep food prices high and shift blame toward former President Trump.
Conservatives across social media have voiced outrage, pointing to a potential political motive behind the egg shortage. “We know why. 🥚🍳🪺 Prices would go up to blame Trump,” one user wrote. Another added, “They wanted to create an egg shortage and use it as a talking point against @realDonaldTrump.”
Whether it’s inflation, gas prices, or now *eggs*, the Biden administration has a knack for turning everyday essentials into luxuries. And as Americans suffer at the checkout line, the White House seems more interested in defending its failing policies than fixing the problem.
If there’s one thing this fiasco makes clear: Biden’s economic strategy is no yolk.
