Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts blamed grocery store chains for high grocery prices, and she faced ridicule and mockery for it online.
Critics of the Biden administration have blamed deficit spending for the recent increase in inflation, while some Democrats have tried to pass on the blame to corporations to exonerate President Joe Biden.
Warren claimed that grocery store chains were profiting at the expense of working families.
“While many Americans faced the loss of jobs, homes, and loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery companies like yours saw immense gains through record sales and profits,” said the senator in a letter to the leadership at Kroger, Publix, and Albertson’s.
“Your company, and the other major grocers who reaped the benefits of a turbulent 2020, appear to be passing costs onto consumers to preserve your pandemic gains, and even taking advantage of inflation to add greater burdens,” she added.
Some took to social media to assail Warren for her attack on grocery stores.
“You sound like a communist demagogue. Prices rise… (Read more)
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