Greene pushes back on Trump: 'Affordability is a problem’ |
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pushed back on President Trump’s claim that grocery prices are falling, arguing that affordability — an issue she believes contributed to GOP election losses this week — is a problem for many Americans.
“I go to the grocery store myself,” Greene told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Thursday. “Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high. My electricity bills are higher here in Washington, D.C., at my apartment, and they‘re also higher at my house in Rome, Ga., higher than they were a year ago.”
“So, affordability is a problem,” the lawmaker continued. She said she worried about her children’s generation the most, because “they’re having a very hard time.”
The Georgia Republican said that when she is back home in the Peach State, many of her constituents tell her they have trouble........