Agriculture Secretary says If Beef's Too High, Eat Chicken

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Social media users called out Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins as "ridiculously out of touch" after she made an eyebrow-raising remark about the high beef prices in America on Monday's episode of "The Benny Show."

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A company operating more than 300 Wendy's restaurants filed for bankruptcy and says its beef costs jumped 18.9% in a year. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' response to expensive beef: You can eat something else. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026 ...

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Does this clueless MAGAt scarf her salmon with brioche and truffle butter?

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-09-23 05:45 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Why not just eat no meat at all? I can guarantee that millions of Americans are already there.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-23 07:59 AM | Reply

Furthermore....Bicycles. If the Dutch can get along without cars and gasoline, so can we.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-23 08:00 AM | Reply

Andm children....Sell them off. Quite a market for them in the Trump/MAGA world-wide pedophile cult.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-23 08:01 AM | Reply

Did Tyson shares jump just after this statement? Who bought 'em?

#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-23 11:50 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

There are an estimated 20 quadrillion ants alive on Earth at any given moment.

Ants are an excellent source of protein.

By dry weight, adult ants consist of 30% to 60% protein"a ratio that often surpasses traditional meat sources like beef or chicken.

If chicken and beef is too expensive eat ants.

And only 2 dolls and 2 pencils per customer please.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-23 12:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Let them eat cake."

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-23 12:28 PM | Reply

I don't think the other hamburger places appreciated that comment

Not to mention the various cattle associations......

#8 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 12:40 PM | Reply

Wendy's faces 300 closures across 15 states due to crippling beef prices

www.usatoday.com

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-23 01:06 PM | Reply

DJT only hires the Best People!

Just wait until he can't get a MickyD's, though.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-23 01:59 PM | Reply

"Brooke" I wonder what snotty little prep school she went to...

#11 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-09-23 03:34 PM | Reply

I guess the cow commercials left an impression. "EAT more Chikn"

#12 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-09-23 03:42 PM | Reply

-Brooke" I wonder what snotty little prep school she went to...

It's a pretty common name.

#13 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 03:45 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#13 | Posted by eberly: I'm 75 years old and never met one.

#14 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-09-23 03:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Brooke Christine Leslie[1] was born on April 10, 1972, in Dallas, Texas.[2] Leslie was raised in Glen Rose.[3] She was the oldest of three children born to Hugh and Helen Leslie. Hugh was the front office manager of a Hilton hotel in Saint Paul, while Helen managed a farm; they later divorced. Leslie assisted her mother in running a flower shop after the divorce.[4] By 1989, Leslie had become the Area VIII president of Future Farmers of America[5] and a member of 4-H.[6] She began supporting conservatism after watching the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan.[7] Leslie graduated from Glen Rose High School in 1990[8]"

public high school. don't see much aristocracy in her bio......

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 04:21 PM | Reply

Weren't MAGAs losing their minds a few years ago about a small handful of liberals saying we should eat bugs? Guess it's time for those same MAGAs to start eating maggots for their protein.

#16 | Posted by dibblda at 2026-09-23 05:07 PM | Reply

Don't expect Canadians to eat that ---.

#17 | Posted by Jaspar at 2026-09-23 05:19 PM | Reply

#16 | POSTED BY DIBBLDA

Bugs = Chicken?

How is this an eye raising comment? Seems like great advice to save the planet
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#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 05:37 PM | Reply

Oh, a ton of faux outrage over this comment.

Everyone here pretending to be upset over it EAT chicken. And if they don't, it's got nothing to do with cost.

I love beef......but I also love chicken. and cost can determine which I choose.

The same goes for everyone here.

but now that the Sec. of Ag told people not to eat at Wendys...............

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 05:41 PM | Reply

Another thread where people that want to save the planet should be happy, yet the people on this site are outraged.

Its not about climate change is it?

Cattle are the No. 1 agricultural source of greenhouse gases worldwide. Each year, a single cow will belch about 220 pounds of methane. Methane from cattle is shorter lived than carbon dioxide but 28 times more potent in warming the atmosphere, said Mitloehner, a professor and air quality specialist in the Department of Animal Science.
www.ucdavis.edu

When your opponent embraces your policies, we shouldn't kick them to the curb, but embrace and extend.
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#20 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 05:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I almost wish she had referenced spam or bologna

#21 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 05:47 PM | Reply

I almost wish she had referenced spam or bologna

#22 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 05:47 PM | Reply

20 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Screwing up and then expecting the general population to adapt to the screw-up by modifying normative culture is something lazy, incompetent, and corrupt leaders pray for.

When Americans want hamburgers, they want hamburgers. They don't want to be told at first how you will make hamburgers cheaper and then be told later that they need chicken because beef is too expensive.

MAGA is going down in November, and Trump is declaring a national emergency. In which the scarcity of hamburger will only increase.

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-23 05:56 PM | Reply

"Screwing up and then expecting the general population to adapt to the screw-up by modifying normative culture is something lazy, incompetent, and corrupt leaders pray for.

Very true statement. It applies in all organizations, actually. just replace "general population" with "employees""

#24 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 06:06 PM | Reply

Its not about climate change is it?

When your opponent embraces your policies, we shouldn't kick them to the curb, but embrace and extend.
.

#20 | Posted by oneironaut

This is not republicans governing responsibly in order to help the climate. This is about republicans governing so horribly that the results are a reduction in people being able to afford the food they are used to. If this happened under obama republicans would have created another news network just to scream about it 24/7.

#25 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-09-23 06:07 PM | Reply

"Screwing up and then expecting the general population to adapt to the screw-up by modifying normative culture is something lazy, incompetent, and corrupt leaders pray for.

You mean like Obamacare? Or Social Security being unsustainable?

#26 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 06:07 PM | Reply

When Americans want hamburgers, they want hamburgers.

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-23 05:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

We are an entitled bunch.

#27 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:09 PM | Reply

Menudo anybody? Still pretty cheap!

#28 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:09 PM | Reply

BTW, this specific franchisee has more issues than a beef price increase leading to their financial woes.

#29 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 06:10 PM | Reply

This is about republicans governing so horribly that the results are a reduction in people being able to afford the food they are used to. If this happened under obama republicans would have created another news network just to scream about it 24/7.

Yes and people like us true environmentalist, would be defending Obama. Unlike you who changes his actions(buying EV or not) based upon the opinions of others.

Its the difference between believing in something worth while, and just believing in your team.

#30 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 06:11 PM | Reply

When Americans want hamburgers, they want hamburgers.
#23 | Posted by Zed

When Americans want slaves, they want immigrants .... same energy

#31 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 06:12 PM | Reply

White Trump lady tells whytes what minorities have known for the last couple hundred years in the US. You can't have it all.

#32 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:12 PM | Reply

BTW, this specific franchisee has more issues than a beef price increase leading to their financial woes.

#29 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Yeah but the truth never stopped a good TDS thread.

#33 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 06:13 PM | Reply

Trump is destroying American agriculture and OneTrumper is gaslighting and gooning.

It's not possible for someone to be this stupid all the time.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:13 PM | Reply

White Trump lady tells whytes what minorities have known for the last couple hundred years in the US. You can't have it all.
#32 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Figures this was a White people problem!

#35 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 06:14 PM | Reply

Trump is destroying American agriculture and OneTrumper is gaslighting and gooning.

Read Eberly's post you moron.

#36 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 06:15 PM | Reply

You mean like Obamacare? Or Social Security being unsustainable?

#26 | Posted by oneironaut

2 programs that would work if republicans allowed them to.

Must be fun to be the party that says government can't do anything right. All you have to do is break government and then you get to say "see i told you so!"

#37 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-09-23 06:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I love beef......but I also love chicken.
#19 | POSTED BY EBERLY

You also love the taste of Trump's dick.

#38 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:19 PM | Reply

You mean like Obamacare? Or Social Security being unsustainable?
#26 | Posted by oneironaut

2 programs that would work if republicans allowed them to.
#37 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

That moron has proven since day one all he has to offer is lies and misinformation.

#39 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:21 PM | Reply

Everyone here pretending to be upset over it EAT chicken.

That's not what people are upset about, stupid.

#40 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:22 PM | Reply

It's definitely a let them eat cake moment here in Texas. BBQ places are taking brisket off the menu.

How can you be a real bbq place here without brisket? but also, how can you charge $40 for 2 slices?

Trump destroys business like it's a business to do it.

#41 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:24 PM | Reply

White Trump lady tells whytes what minorities have known for the last couple hundred years in the US. You can't have it all.
#32 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

America did have it all.

It took Trump a couple of years to destroy everything America achieved over the past century.

#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:24 PM | Reply

America did have it all.

#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

This screams "I've never been poor" and "I'm super white". Like whyte white.

#43 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:26 PM | Reply

I'm the whitest white that's ever whited. You stick with that if it helps you feel better about the destruction Trump has done to America. All so so billionaires could have another tax cut.

Meanwhile, America was doing incredibly well prior to Trump.

#44 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:28 PM | Reply

If I take you over to The Blind Goat, Christina Nguyen's place, the serving size of the chicken in the curry chicken is so miniscule you are going to wonder what the hell you just paid for. At least it's delicious.

#45 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:29 PM | Reply

Christine Ha. Apparently I know way too many nguygens.

#46 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:31 PM | Reply

Well. I'm white.

So curry has too much flavor and heat for me.

I'll stick with my bottle of mayonnaise and wonder bread.

#47 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:32 PM | Reply

I like how you skip the poor part completely lol.

It's a super white middle to upper class thing to believe it always gets better, and you always have access to everything you want cheaply and don't have to sacrifice for any reason.

#48 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:40 PM | Reply

Now come over and have some of this tripe. You'll like it, I promise.

#49 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:40 PM | Reply

Well. I'm white.
So curry has too much flavor and heat for me.

#47 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 06:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

All white people eat curry btw. Chili, hello.

#50 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-23 06:44 PM | Reply

I like how you skip the poor part completely lol.

What about the poor?

Poor people still eat meat.

Ground meat used to be cheap. And safe. Especially at the grocery store.

It's amazing how meat is suddenly a luxury item because deregulations and xenophobia fucked America's agriculture so thoroughly.