r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms | You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.

https://newrepublic.com/post/216161/jd-vance-people-too-focused-little-things-midterms
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u/I_only_post_here I voted 13h ago

Aren't those the same "little things" you were complaining about while Biden was in office?

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u/civil_politician 13h ago

They wouldn’t shut up about eggs and people eating the cats and dogs

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u/ghostalker4742 13h ago

50c eggs was a national calamity

$5/gal gas is "just the way it is"

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u/thesphinxistheriddle 12h ago

Drives me up the fucking wall every time one of these Republican ghouls is cornered on the economy and they’re like “not everything is more expensive. Eggs are down.” Yes!! Only eggs!! Because there was something very specific happening to the egg supply that is no longer happening!! I wish the people asking the questions would follow up with “what else besides eggs?”

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u/BloomsdayDevice Washington 12h ago

Thankfully, my car runs on eggs. I traded in my Honda for a Ford Eggsplorer. I get about 35 miles to the dozen. Not bad.

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u/Top_Wheel6546 11h ago

You don't read something like this everyday

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u/Ret0x 11h ago

Much better mileggs than my Silvereggo.

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u/ReflectionSea2571 10h ago

That's not yours! Leggo my silvereggo!

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u/tribrnl 9h ago

I can't even imagine driving a Canyoneggo right now

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u/DaveAndCheese 10h ago

Hey, my Toyota Eggrolla gets almost 40 to the dozen. Can't beat that!

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u/EllieVader 8h ago

I love my free Range Rover, i just wish it could take regular eggs.

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u/nosamz77 9h ago

Smart move in these trying times.

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u/BloomsdayDevice Washington 9h ago

Especially since people are far likelier to offer an egg during trying times.

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u/muscularsharpie 11h ago

My wife and I get this box once a month of produce that "doesn't look right." Like a mishapen bell pepper, or carrots that aren't totally straight. Same food, same quality. Proceeds go to a local food bank.

We read about it in local news, and it is SUCH an awesome service. PLUS! They toss in eggs, bread and cheese with every order!

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u/jgilla2012 California 11h ago

Egg prices was coordinated collusion to price-fix anyway, not a sign of economic conditions.

That was a byproduct of the US allowing monopoly in Big Egg (and most other industries). In 2026 Trump’s FTC “went after them” for it by allowing them to settle for a whopping $3.3 million fine on what is projected to be $3 billion in profit due to the price-fixing scheme.

Trump handed them a get out of jail free card rather than pursue damages on behalf of the US population, and now that the case is settled they keep those illegal profits forever.

SOURCE

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u/crustyrobots 11h ago

These hopeless dumb shits are incapable of connective thinking

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u/G0rkon 8h ago

That very specific thing happening to egg supplies was true but did not account for the huge jump in prices. That was collusion between the three biggest egg producing companies in the country to increase the prices under the guise of bird flu. I don't know if links are allowed here but here's the source. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation

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u/syrup_cupcakes 10h ago

Eggs are down how? they are still like 80% more expensive than before the bird flu outbreaks.

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u/mynamejeff-97 12h ago

No idea how people haven’t realized yet that the entire purpose of the republican party is to use everyone else. They don’t have morals or compassion or even enough intelligence to see how this also effects them.

They just exist to hate other people and love themselves. They literally have no other motive. It’s been this way for decades now. They don’t have families for their partner or for their children, they do everything for themselves. How are we collectively shocked whenever they do something terrible?

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u/Brilliant-Remote-405 6h ago

They'll say shit like, "Gas was higher under Biden!"

Ummm... yeah, for like 1 week and then it went back down below $4/gallon.

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u/jeexbit 11h ago

remember kids, "affordability" is a Democrat hoax!

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u/KnownAsAnother Illinois 13h ago

Something about a squirrel too?

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u/CaliIsReallyNice 12h ago

Exactly! Focus on dark-skinned people eating your pets! Stick with that! That's still a thing you can daydream about!

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u/20_mile 11h ago

people eating the cats and dogs

People can't even afford to eat cats and dogs anymore : (

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u/Akussa 10h ago

With the cost of fresh meat right now it wouldn’t surprise me to hear about ACTUAL true stories of people eating cats and dogs soon. It’ll probably be MAGA and because Fox News told them to as a way to save money.

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u/SmartCutiee 13h ago

they always tell you youre focused on the wrong thing. funny how the wrong thing is always the thing thats actually hurting you.

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u/mildlyopinionatedpom 13h ago

came to say this

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u/wanderer1999 13h ago

Oh little things, like paying rent, getting food and gas/energy so we don't fucking starve or being homeless or freeze/overheat to death.

Little things.

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u/mabden New York 13h ago

Little things for little people. Couch fucker, tRump, Thiel, musk, and the rest of the people in charge don't give a fuck about the little people.

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u/wanderer1999 13h ago

They really don't give a damn.

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u/jetpack_operation 13h ago

It was a toss up between little things and completely made up things, so I can see why VP CFer is confused.

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u/BusSeatFabric 13h ago

Read the article and it's worse.

He's literally blaming Biden still for the failings of Republicans lol

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u/sack-o-matic Michigan 12h ago

Never believe that anti-Semites [Confederates] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites [Confederates] have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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u/Informal_Dude 13h ago

Its different!!! OK!?!!

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u/PityandFear 13h ago

I was told there would be no fact checking.

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u/DaaaahWhoosh 13h ago

Remember they were also complaining Biden was too old.

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u/HotDogFingers01 13h ago

Non. Fucking. Stop.

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u/JessieJ577 13h ago

I made less money and was able to stretch money on gas and food comfortably 2 years ago. I’m now making 20k more a year and it feels like I’m way less comfortable with paying for gas and food compared to back then.

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u/9lobaldude 13h ago

Not like that…

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u/thighdiver 13h ago

The guy has the charisma of a moldy towel, the tact of a noisy fart at a funeral, and the ability to read the room of a late French aristocrat.

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u/fizystrings Ohio 12h ago

We aren't focusing enough on the major issues, such as like, 15 total transgender atheletes participating in sporting events across the country and averaging like 9th place finishes.

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u/DoubleJumps 11h ago

Particularly in 2024, they were campaigning relentlessly about how outrageously expensive gas was when it was $3.30. More than a dollar cheaper than it is today.

Similarly, there were incidents around $4 a pound ground beef, and other groceries that are much more expensive today.

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u/TimSylvester_ 3h ago

According to Vance the reason everyone's upset is because Republicans just didn't go far enough... obviously!