Politics
Kate Plummer
Aug 11, 2021
Mayonnaise is expensive and it’s all Joe Biden’s fault, obviously.
At least that is what North Carolina Republicans would have you believe.
Posting on Twitter, the official branch of the party shared a story in which restaurateurs expressed dismayo about the price of mayo, saying they were spending more than $200 a week on it, and claimed this was due to “Bidenflation”, which we assume means inflation caused by Biden.
The North Carolina Republicans must have been too hangry and lacking in eggy nutrients to notice, however, that the article they shared quoted experts who blamed one coronavirus pandemic for inflation, and not Biden. The Biden administration also said inflation was a short-term effect of reopening the economy after over a year of closures and that things would settle down.
Meanwhile, inflation is at around 5.4 per cent at the m(ay)o meaning that if a restaurant is really spending $200 a week on the condiment then... well.
Citizen journalists were quick to scrutinise the saucy claims and roasted the party for smearing the Biden administration:
@quesoylibertad @sdanielm @NCGOP As a chef and line cook in a former life, I can confirm that no restaurant uses an… https://t.co/dDXrihmwWk— I'm, Like, The Other Dude, Man (@I'm, Like, The Other Dude, Man) 1628638338
And yet Biden REFUSES to open up the Strategic Mayonnaise Reserve! https://t.co/msP4G20QwB— Matt Murchison 💛🐝 (@Matt Murchison 💛🐝) 1628642079
Somebody's eating WAY too much mayonnaise. https://t.co/apAe6ZdhAH— Jonah Blank (@Jonah Blank) 1628638017
@NCGOP a 30 lb pail of mayonnaise from a restaurant supply runs around $75, and that's being generous and assuming… https://t.co/bnEzEYsupN— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@GOLIKEHELLMACHINE) 1628639423
@NCGOP they have five sandwiches + chicken salad that call for mayo. what in the FUCK are they doing with all this… https://t.co/ibdm0R8zZZ— gnu year, gnu me (ft. gary gnu) (@gnu year, gnu me (ft. gary gnu)) 1628647491
@NCGOP Cranking through like 10-20 of these 30lb buckets of mayo each week at your small family restaurant in Winst… https://t.co/91E4jOBt9q— Tom Gara (@Tom Gara) 1628648305
@NCGOP This is the saddest attempt at a talking point I've seen.— Say What (@Say What) 1628638952
Despite receiving such a comprehensive dressing down, the party has not issued a further statement. We can only assume they are too busy stockpiling ranch or something. Because, Biden?
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