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Read: Warren, Moulton, McGovern sign letter to Trump excoriating him over egg prices
They are three of 21 Democratic lawmakers from across the country who endorsed the letter.
Almost two dozen Democratic lawmakers, led by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, signed a letter to President Donald Trump this week accusing him of neglecting campaign promises.
The letter reminded him of his commitment to lower supermarket bills.
“During your campaign, you repeatedly promised you would lower food prices ‘immediately’ if elected president,” the letter reads. “But during your first week of office you have instead focused on mass deportations and pardoning January 6 attackers, including those who assaulted Capitol police officers.”
Also signed by Massachusetts Reps. Seth Moulton and Jim McGovern, the letter suggested he is “backtracking” on those promises and said that if he is ready to work on lowering food prices, “we stand ready to work with you.”
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In December 2024, a dozen eggs cost an average of $4.15, up from $2.51 in December 2023. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the all-time high for the last two decades at $4.25 a year earlier, in December 2022.
The lawmakers’ letter cited a Pew Research Center study that found 94% of Americans were “very or somewhat concerned about the cost of food and consumer goods.”
The price of eggs is so high in part because of a nationwide outbreak of avian flu that has affected 135 million birds since the current outbreak started in 2022.
They suggested Trump investigate dominant food and grocery companies, which often exploit crises like pandemics and avian flu outbreaks to raise prices “beyond what is needed to cover rising costs.”
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“Egg producers and grocery stores may leverage the current avian flu outbreak as an opportunity to further constrain supply or hike up egg prices to increase profits,” they wrote.
Vice President JD Vance asked Americans to be patient during an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
“It‘s going to take a little bit of time,” Vance said. “Rome wasn’t built in a day and while we’ve done a whole lot, we can’t undo all the damage of Joe Biden’s presidency in four days.”
Read the full text of the letter below:
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