Midterm Campaigns Are Asking, Where's the Beef? And How Much Does It Cost?
The ad revives Hyde-Smith’s beef comment as Colom makes affordability central, with federal data showing ground beef at $6.79 a pound last month.
- On Tuesday, Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a campaign ad featuring Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith suggesting consumers "have so many proteins to choose from" while addressing high beef prices.
- Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher on the Senate Agriculture Committee, made the comment during a February interview where she argued commodity prices move through "peaks and valleys" while discussing economic pressures.
- The video transitions to a man grilling burgers delivering the campaign's substitution: "Pick another senator instead." Colom has made affordability a central focus of his challenge to Hyde-Smith.
- Across the country, Republicans are attacking Democratic candidates as culturally out of step, hammering rivals like Manny Rutinel and Lindsay James for alleged veganism and opposition to meat production.
- Beef prices remain high at $6.79 per pound, up from $5.55 in January 2025. President Trump opened markets to imports to lower costs, yet prices persist stubbornly high in Republican-leaning states.
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Midterm Campaigns Are Asking, Where’s The Beef? (And How Much Does It Cost?)
(AP) – In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they’re also having a food fight over who’s the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet […]
Everyone Has the Same Question in the Midterms — Where's the Beef? (And How Much Does It Cost?)
In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they're also having a food fight over who's the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith saying that if consumers are upset over high beef prices, “you know you have so many protein…
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Durango HeraldEveryone has the same question in the midterms — where’s the beef? (And how much does it cost?)
In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they’re also having a food fight over who’s the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet of Republican...
Everyone has the same question in the midterms — where’s the beef? (And how much does it cost?) – WTOP News
In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they’re also having a food fight over who’s the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet of Republican...
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