A woman has revealed she will vote for Donald Trump in the presidential election after spending $175 at a small grocery store.
Isabella DeLuca vented her frustrations on
The conservative influencer, who was arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said, “I don’t care if you think Trump is bad… this cost me $175.”
Isabella DeLuca vented her frustrations on
The conservative influencer, who was arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said, “I don’t care if you think Trump is bad… this cost me $175.”
The cost of food has soared by a quarter since 2020. And while the U.S. economy has remained strong and avoided a recession, tens of millions of ordinary Americans are feeling the consequences.
Many have complained that the cost of staple foods, including eggs, milk and meat, has skyrocketed during the Biden administration.
Those prices won’t fall even when inflation falls, economists have warned: They will just rise more slowly.
Kamala Harris’s position as Biden’s vice president has her partly blamed for the inflation crisis, and the Trump team has used food prices as a potent weapon against her.
One person suggested DeLuca switch to ’70/30′ ground beef next time to reduce her bill, but she insisted that it’s ‘too high in calories’ and she’d rather ‘stick with the leaner one.’
In response to one of his critics who pointed out that he could have found the same products much cheaper at another grocery store, DeLuca said, “I shop at Whole Foods and eat organic foods, so I won’t look like you when I’m older.”
DeLuca expressed concern that the price of good quality food “is not sustainable.”
“The middle class will disappear sooner or later,” he said.
She said “the ground beef alone was over $60.”
There were questions about the actual cost of the bill, and several asked him to “share his receipt” after researching Whole Foods costs online.
Several reviewers argued that when they entered the exact same products into their Whole Foods online accounts, the prices came out much cheaper, around $115.
Several reviewers argued that when they entered the exact same products into their Whole Foods online accounts, the prices came out much cheaper, around $115.
DeLuca did not respond to questions about what policies Trump intends to implement to reduce food costs.
“You’re not wrong about raising prices, but you’re also buying some expensive brands,” said one reviewer.
Another said: “I’m voting for authoritarianism because my optional luxury shopping experience is too expensive, it’s a good idea.”
A third person accused her of “searching for answers” after purchasing “the most expensive version of each product.”
DeLuca did not respond to questions about what policies Trump intends to implement to reduce grocery costs.
Trump is campaigning on a policy of cutting costs by 50 percent in his first year in office.
The former president’s plans rely heavily on unleashing oil and other forms of American energy to increase supply and demand.
At a time when voters are still focused on inflation, even as it has cooled to 2.4 percent, Americans are concluding that Trump will make them richer, narrowly saying they trust him more on the economy. .
He acknowledged the struggles of everyday Americans at a Sprankles grocery store in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, last month during a campaign stop.
As a mother of three paid at the counter, Trump walked up and handed the cashier a $100 bill.
Donald Trump took $100 in cash from his wallet and handed it to a mother of three who was shopping at a local grocery chain in western Pennsylvania.
“Here,” Trump said. ‘It’s going to go down a little. It just went down $100.’ He faced fierce backlash from critics who said it was “illegal for a presidential candidate, or any candidate, to hand out cash to voters in the United States.”
The US Census Bureau released data showing the increase in food costs over a 12-month period between November 2022 and October 2023.
Americans spent an average of $1,174 a month on groceries, up nearly 6 percent from $1,108 in November 2022.
And surveys conducted in August and September 2024 revealed that 74 percent of participants were feeling the financial pressures of rising food costs.
A recent Swiftly survey found that 75 percent of respondents believe this election will be affected by rising costs, with 68 percent specifically citing their grocery bills.
“Swiftly’s survey reveals much more than rising food prices: it highlights the profound impact these rising costs are having on consumers’ daily lives, even influencing their political decisions,” said Swiftly CEO , Henry Kim.
“Americans are forced to prioritize value like never before.”