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The Agriculture Secretary is being mocked after suggesting a bizarre $3 dinner Americans could consume. 
Brooke Rollins argued that even with the new inverted food pyramid - which the White House introduced last week and prioritizes more protein, vegetables and fruit - there are meals that are affordable.
Meat, fresh vegetables and fruits generally cost more than processed foods.
'We've run over 1,000 simulations,' she said on NewsNation on Wednesday. 'It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing.'
'So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money,' Rollins argued.
The latest Consumer Price Index found that the cost of groceries increased by .7 percent in December.
The White House has maintained that food costs are going down, with Rollins showing off a chart to the press Wednesday in the Oval Office that was labeled 'Trump's making healthy food affordable.'
Online commenters were quick to ridicule Rollins' comments, with some even using AI to create images of what the paltry dinner would look like.
Democratic Representative Ted Lieu used a single M&M to represent Rollins' 'one other thing.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15467235/brooke-rollins-tone-deaf-dinner.html
Brooke Rollins argued that even with the new inverted food pyramid - which the White House introduced last week and prioritizes more protein, vegetables and fruit - there are meals that are affordable.
Meat, fresh vegetables and fruits generally cost more than processed foods.
'We've run over 1,000 simulations,' she said on NewsNation on Wednesday. 'It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing.'
'So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money,' Rollins argued.
The latest Consumer Price Index found that the cost of groceries increased by .7 percent in December.
The White House has maintained that food costs are going down, with Rollins showing off a chart to the press Wednesday in the Oval Office that was labeled 'Trump's making healthy food affordable.'
Online commenters were quick to ridicule Rollins' comments, with some even using AI to create images of what the paltry dinner would look like.
Democratic Representative Ted Lieu used a single M&M to represent Rollins' 'one other thing.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15467235/brooke-rollins-tone-deaf-dinner.html
