Supply chain problems? What supply chain problems? Brian Stelter’s milk aisle is fine, after all.
That’s seriously the take the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” had. In a Saturday tweet, Stelter tried to convince social media users our supply chain was in great shape all because there was plenty of milk at his local Wegmans.
The roundly mocked tweet featured a picture of what appeared to be Stelter’s wife looking through the refrigerated section at the supermarket.
“‘The supply chain!’ she exclaims, looking for milk for 2-year-old,” Stelter tweeted.
“‘Look at this amazing, overflowing abundance,’ he responds.”
“The supply chain!” she exclaims, looking for milk for 2-year-old
“Look at this amazing, overflowing abundance,” he responds pic.twitter.com/g4haMj0VT2
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 13, 2021
Finally. We can stop worrying about well-documented supply-chain issues plaguing the United States because Brian Stelter’s 2-year-old is getting some milk. Tell the people at the Department of Transportation they can take the week off — and Pete Buttigieg can take a bit more paternity leave, too.
It’s worth noting someone should have informed the TV anchors over at CNN that the supply chain is currently being flogged by the White House as one of the culprits behind record inflation levels.
Last Wednesday, after data showed inflation increased 6.2 percent from a year ago — the highest number since 1990, according to The Wall Street Journal — President Joe Biden said in a statement that prices, in part, “reflect the ongoing struggle to restore smooth operations in the economy in the restart: I am traveling to Baltimore today to highlight how my Infrastructure Bill will bring down these costs, reduce these bottlenecks, and make goods more available and less costly.”
Did no one in the administration look at the Wegmans that Brian Stelter’s family goes to? Unbelievable. It’s like they don’t even know how good we have it.
This didn’t go over well on Twitter, as you might imagine.
“Yes, keep mocking the very real concerns of working parents across the country because your Wegman’s is well-stocked, Brian,” The Heritage Foundation’s John Cooper tweeted. “Great job.”
Yes, keep mocking the very real concerns of working parents across the country because your Wegman’s is well-stocked, Brian.
Great job. https://t.co/672jJeQRFR
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) November 14, 2021
Plenty of people noted how insulated Stelter came across, as well.
Always good to be reminded of the bubble that media figures live in. https://t.co/WSGhuO5CIt
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) November 13, 2021
The media can’t get their stories straight. Half of them are telling us there are no supply chain issues and half of them are telling us why it’s a good thing that there are. https://t.co/OQdcTEW0Tj
— Aaron (@_AaronRyan) November 13, 2021
There were those who noted how creepy the propagandistic tone of the tweet sounded, as well:
“The supply chain!” she exclaims, looking for milk for 2-year-old
“Look at this amazing, overflowing abundance,” he responds https://t.co/5HD3wAF0XR pic.twitter.com/RZtVU9kopM
— AG (@AGCast4) November 14, 2021
Yet another record harvest, Comrades! https://t.co/tAcjgopnIv pic.twitter.com/6tQSpJPj9d
— PEG (@pegobry) November 13, 2021
Do you think communist propagandists like Stelter and Rubin understand their value? Honestly asking. You think they genuinely believe they’re talented or interesting? Or deep down, do they realize how unremarkable they are? Do they know their only use is as a loyal propagandist? https://t.co/olhg47lJOp
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) November 13, 2021
And then there were those who pointed out the obvious problem with using milk as a measure of the supply chain:
You realize milk usually comes locally, right? https://t.co/Zpg4jnbtZ8
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 13, 2021
Brian, who’s “she” and “he?” And we don’t import milk. We get it from that part of the country you libs despise. https://t.co/URqMQGbZHf
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 13, 2021
Absolutely thrilled the cargo ships of milk finally came in from overseas. The nightmare is over. https://t.co/l09SVCjVV7
— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) November 14, 2021
Very happy to see the overseas cargo ships with milk made it through.
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) November 13, 2021
Yes, to highlight the fact America’s supply-chain issues are chimerical, Stelter decided to pick a product that’s produced and distributed at a local level. Words fail me. They should have failed Stelter, too, but he decided to go ahead with the tweet.
Meanwhile, for other people, the pain is more acute.
Local honda dealer rotated our tires on the family van.
I asked him why there are no cars on the lot.
He said they got 4 new cars to sell last month, the normal is about 100.Said most the sales staff is on leave for months now until they have cars to sell.
Hot take though.
— TJDMCR – 716 OG (@TJDMCR) November 13, 2021
Those on tight budgets who are paying more for scarce goods — or who can’t get them at all — are feeling the pinch. Meanwhile, a well-remunerated media figure tries to tell us how good we all have it — and ends up sounding like a propaganda poster in the process.
One wonders if this is the latest liberal feint to dismiss supply-chain issues. Some have tried to pass empty shelves and inflation off as “high class problems,” to quote Harvard economics professor Jason Furman, who was retweeted by White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain.
Others have tried to say it’s something we can all stomach.
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle came under fire over the weekend for saying “while nobody likes to pay more, on average, we have the money to do so” in America. Perhaps Ruhle does, but the average family doesn’t live on a cable news anchor’s salary.
Then there’s the president, who says his infrastructure plan will solve what’s ailing us. The good news, I suppose, is that we don’t have to spend that money, considering the fact that Brian Stelter can get milk.
For whatever reason, he hasn’t tweeted the president about that, though. I can’t imagine why.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
