White House sparks outrage with tweet claiming July 4 cookouts will be CHEAPER this year

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White House sparks outrage with tweet claiming July 4 cookouts will be CHEAPER this year despite inflation rising to highest level for 13 years and the USDA projecting groceries will be 3% more expensive in 2021

  • The White House on Thursday tweeted a celebration of food prices
  • They boasted about a price reduction but the total cost was a 16 cent decrease on last year
  • The USDA have warned of rising inflation with the prices at raised levels
  • Critics of the White House tweet also pointed out that gas prices easily wiped out the slight saving on food 

By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com

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The White House has claimed that the July 4 celebrations will be cheaper this year – giving rise to anger online, amid rising inflation.

In a pun-heavy message, the White House tweeted that the Independence Day celebrations would be a bargain.

‘Planning a cookout this year?’ they tweeted.

‘Ketchup on the news. According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It’s a fact you must-hear(d). Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working. And that’s something we can all relish.’

The tweet was accompanied by a GIF laying out the price change for select food items.

The cost of two pounds of ground beef is down 8 per cent on last year; the price of a pound of sliced cheese and a 13-ounce bag of potato chips are both down 1 per cent, and the cost of a half-gallon of vanilla ice cream is down 5 per cent from 2020.

The savings amounted to 16 cents, The New York Post reported.

However, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted that the consumer price index for grocery store and supermarket food purchases was up 0.7 per cent over May of last year.

The USDA also projected that grocery store and supermarket prices would increase between 2 and 3 percent this year.

Furthermore, gas prices are on the rise – wiping out the savings with the gas price rise.

The AAA reported on Thursday night that the national average price for a gallon of regular gas had risen to $3.12, the highest it’s been on Independence Day weekend since 2014.

‘Today, 89 [percent] of U.S. gas stations are selling regular unleaded for $2.75 or more,’ AAA spokesperson Jeanette McGee said in a statement.

‘That is a stark increase over last July 4 when only a quarter of stations were selling gas for more than $2.25.’