strong rural america, if we re gonna have consumers to break at the counter. because meat prices have gone through the roof, while these packers have doubled and tripled their profits. it hasn t slowed down to the folks on the ground, and it hasn t made any difference for the consumers when prices continue go up. this is a big issue, you re right, lawrence. and if we deal with it and we pass these bills, it will make a difference. senator jon tester, this city boy always learn something from his favorite farmer in the senate. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciated. it s a pleasure to be with you in person. it s great to be in the room, it really is. coming up, in the room. katie porter she ll be here. she did it again today. today, it was another business executive who found himself on the wrong end of katie porter s interrogation. we ll show you the video that is already viral. and congressman katie porter will join us next. will join us next. new dove me
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hard to do when meat prices have increased 14.8%. fish almost 11%. eggs 11.2. milk 13.3. fruits and vegetables 8.1. coffee 11%. energy up 32% and your gasoline 48%. pete: i won t eat in restaurants as much i live a simple life. i m happy with a deck of cards and three other bridge players. so it s sort of the lower your expectations approach front and center. but it is people on fixed incomes, obviously by inflation. i m not an economics major but did i stay at holiday express a couple weeks ago. steve: okay. pete: you can t really see that when your line goes all the way up on inflation and then the war starts right here. this didn t happen with the war. so, this messaging is not actually working for the white house. ainsley: here is the starting
i m going to put food on the table and gas in the car and pay for college while we are trying to pay for all of these things. it is a complete and utter and insulting disconnect from the black community from the party that claims to own our vote. i say it s time that we make some noise and make them pay for not listening to what he would want. lawrence: one of the places we are making noise, wesley, is in the barbershop. when i go back to the barbershop lawrence, the gas prices are joe s fault. the meat prices are joe s fault. the unsecure border is joe s fault. taking jobs away from them that s joe s fault. how are you going to message that from your party s perspective to those black voters? well, i was in a barbershop a couple weeks ago. actually a topic of discussion. tide is turning. while liberals sit in their towers and their comfortable homes, people have to live in crime-ridden neighborhoods. and the only thing that we want
Retail meat sales remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. According to IRI the average price per pound in the meat department was up 13 percent in March versus last year.