Man, this was buried and hard to find, but we found it.
During Biden’s State of the Union speech, he claimed that Snickers bars are smaller due to corporate greed.
“Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits charging you more and more for less and less. That’s why we’re cracking down on corporations that engage in price gouging or deceptive pricing from food to health care to housing. In fact, snack companies think you won’t notice when they charge you just as much for the same size bag but with fewer chips in it,” Biden said.
“You get charged the same amount and you got about 10% fewer Snickers in it,” he said. “Pass Senator Bob Casey’s bill to put a stop to shrinkflation!”
Biden is trying to use corporations as scapegoats for why the economy is so bad. What he didn’t expect was pushback.
Biden complains about ‘Bidenomics’ at the State of the Union
“Snickers bars! You get charged the same amount and you got about, I don’t know, about 10% fewer Snickers in it!” pic.twitter.com/VJxedAsRTw
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 8, 2024
One of the few conservative commentators left at CNN, Scott Jennings decided to do something the media doesn’t do anymore: investigate.
Jennings contacted Mars candy company and here what they said:
“We have not reduced the size of Snickers or share size in the US. Like many industries, we continue to face high inflation and spikes in material costs; however, we work to absorb these extra costs wherever possible to provide affordable treats and the best value. Final prices are always at the discretion of the retailer, but we make every effort to minimize costs to provide a full range of delicious products.”
As I suspected. The president is literally slandering a candy bar. Official statement given to me by the Mars/Snickers people. Will literally slander anything and anyone. Total hack. pic.twitter.com/6DiJ1Ld6EH
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) March 9, 2024
Biden’s attempt to ridicule companies and a throw back to the Obama administration. It didn’t work then and it’s not working now.
