Americans Who Can't Afford Beef Have 'So Many Proteins to Choose From,' Says US Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

[UpInArms]

Americans who can’t afford beef a year into President Donald Trump’s second term “have so many proteins to choose from,” U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Mississippi Republican, said in response to a question about steep food costs.

She made the remarks during a Sunday interview with WLOX host Hugh Keeton, who asked her what Republicans are doing to get the cost of living under control, pointing to a key 2024 campaign promise President Donald Trump made when he said he would “end inflation on day one.”

“Well, the good thing is we passed what we call the One Big Beautiful Bill. There are so many things in there,” Hyde-Smith said, referring to President Donald Trump’s package of Medicaid cuts, SNAP cuts, tax breaks and more. That bill killed hopes for Medicaid expansion that would’ve covered an additional 300,000 working Mississippians.

During the Feb. 22 interview, Hyde-Smith noted that “the price of fuel affects everything,” and argued that lower gas prices will help bring down prices because of lower transportation costs. She credited Trump’s rollback of former President Joe Biden’s limits on fossil fuels.

“Now that we can undo some of those cumbersome things that restricted energy production It is on everybody’s mind. It certainly is me at my house,” she said. “And you know, you have so many proteins to choose from. And all commodities go through peaks and valleys. It is a global market, but we will be seeing a difference, I truly believe, because of so many things.”

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https://www.mississippifreepress.org/americans-who-cant-afford-beef-have-so-many-proteins-to-choose-from-says-us-sen-cindy-hyde-smith/

[RockRaven]

1. Oh. Has she got an essay by Jonathan Swift for them to read about their dining options?

[markodochartaigh]

4. Can they eat cake?

[Deuxcents]

5. What I surmise from her -answer- is.. she's tone deaf

[Frasier Balzov]

6. The protein of a knuckle sandwich to you Madam.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Maybe not as bad as some of us want it to look ....

As a facultative vegetarian, I know there's no real need to be eating as much meat as Americans eat, and all that meat protein mostly goes to waste. Billions of people get by quite well on beans, lentils, and other legumes as their principal sources of protein -- which impose a much smaller environmental burden as well.

Having said all that, no one should be FORCED in that direction because of economic pressure brought on by a PEDOTUS who doesn't know shit about economics, in theory or in practice, and couldn't run a taco stand at a profit to save his life.