Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has never worked a cattle ranch.He has never run a meatpacking plant.
And after America saw his backyard grilling stunt, it is fair to ask whether he knows how to properly grill a cheeseburger.Yet as Americans prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence this July 4th — in the heart of summer grilling season — Schumer wants Washington to muscle its way into the U.S.beef industry.What could possibly go wrong?TRUMP WILL WELCOME FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO WHITE HOUSE DINNER TO CELEBRATE TRADE, TAX WINSPlenty.Sen.
Chuck Schumer's grilling skills were criticized by both left and right in this now-deleted X post.He can be seen placing American cheese on an uncooked burger.
(X)Schumer’s so-called "Family Grocer and Farmer Relief Act" is classic Washington liberalism: find a real problem, misdiagnose the cause, prescribe a cure that makes things worse and call it "relief." We have seen this in healthcare, energy, housing and education.Politicians create or worsen a crisis, blame private enterprise and then use the pain as an excuse to expand government control.Beef prices are high.
Families feel it every time they go to the grocery store.But the cause is not a cartoon conspiracy by meatpackers.
It is basic economics: strong demand and tight supply.AMERICANS STILL CRAVE PROTEIN DESPITE RECORD BEEF PRICES AS EXPERT REVEALS THE 'HEALTHIEST BURGER'Retail beef demand rose sharply from 2019 to 2025, while America’s cattle herd fell to its lowest level in 75 years.According to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, total U.S.cattle and calves stood at just 86.2 million head as of Jan.
1, 2026.That is down sharply from Jan.
1, 2019, when the inventory stood at 94.8 million head, a drop of roughly 9% in seven years.The 2025 calf crop was a record-low 32.9 million head, the second consecutive year a new record low was set.That is not price gouging.
That is supply and demand.For years, drought battered major ...