Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) refused to walk on eggshells as she cracked jokes aimed at President Donald Trump and Republicans on Wednesday.
Klobuchar — who was among those trading jabs at the Washington Press Club Foundation Annual Congressional Dinner — noted that the organization dates back to when there were 46 states and jokingly rejoiced that the U.S. would add more states thanks to lands on Trump’s radar: Canada, Panama and Greenland.
“Speaking of Greenland, there’s a question for you that I want to pose. What is the difference between Greenland and Donald Trump? Greenland is not for sale,” joked Klobuchar of a president who’s found a friend in the constitutional chaos-making donor Elon Musk and other tech billionaires.
The punchline got a sea of boos from the D.C. crowd and Klobuchar was ready to hit back at the president’s supporters.
“OK, for any Republican Trump administration person out there, they want to throw eggs at me as a result of that joke. You can’t, because they’re too expensive,” said Klobuchar with a chuckle.
Led by the impact of avian influenza, the price of eggs has increased at the grocery store just as the Waffle House chain has joined a list of smaller restaurants that have hit diners with a surcharge on eggs.
The steep price of eggs isn’t expected to drop until the second quarter of 2025, Business Insider noted.
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Trump, who used inflation to go after Democrats for high prices at the grocery store on the campaign trail, backtracked on his vow to lower costs for consumers prior to taking office.
Democrats have since seen the increased price of eggs as an opportunity to attack the president.