Rollins' $3 Meal Claim Triggers Mockery Over Diet Costs
TL;DR
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins drew bipartisan mockery after saying a $3 meal—consisting of chicken, broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other item—could help Americans follow updated dietary guidelines without raising costs, a claim critics say ignores rising grocery prices and the realities of struggling families.
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- Tortilla, broccoli, ‘a piece of chicken’: US agriculture secretary mocked for ‘money-saving’ meal The Guardian
- Dolls, pencils, backyard chickens and ‘a piece of broccoli’: The Trump team’s awkward austerity talk CNN
- Democrats mock Rollins over chicken, broccoli, tortilla comment The Hill
- Brooke Rollins faces backlash for $3 diet advice Houston Chronicle
- Trump’s agriculture secretary mocked over ‘depression meal’ saying chicken and one piece of broccoli is enough The Independent
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