A former Republican congressional candidate was burned by a journalist on Monday after the GOPer complained that “Bidenomics” was the reason his 17-pound beef ribeye roast cost more than $313.
Jason Nelson, who calls himself “storm chaser,” posted the picture of his roast on social media Sunday. Nelson, who lost his run for congress in Texas, is described on his old campaign site as “a recently retired U.S. Army Soldier, and former United States Marine.”
“You and your ‘Bidenomics’ can suck it, you liars,” Nelson posted along with a photo of his meat. In the post, Nelson tagged 35th White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
One commenter responded with a simple message: “Let me get this straight, your complaint is that the President made steak too expensive and so no one should vote for him…because of the price of steak?"
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Nelson replied to that comment, saying, “You didn’t get it straight. Bad job.”
Another commenter, a verified user by the name of Steve Svekis, said, “I got one from Publix for 6.99 a pound three days ago. Stop your crying.”
Nelson responded to that, saying, “Cool. Will you send some of that select meat my way via the Publix in my state… oh wait, you’re literally stupid.”
The most brutal critique came from journalist James Surowiecki, who said, “I thought the 'Things are a lot more expensive' tweets had already jumped the shark, but this one truly takes the cake."
"Not only did this guy buy 16 pounds of prime rib, but beef ribeye roast cost $16.99 5 years ago, which means the price of this has risen just 2% a year," he added.
