After former President Donald Trump gave a mother of three $100 to help pay for her groceries, the mom is sharing what she plans to do with the money.
Appearing on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, Pennsylvania mom Jenny Kantz expressed that it was a “complete surprise” that the Republican presidential candidate gave her the $100 on Monday.
“It was a great experience,” she said.
Kantz, whose cousin owns the Sprankles Neighborhood Market in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, shared her “total bill was $194 and some change, and the inflation on groceries has definitely affected us.”
She added:
“I think it was late 2022 or early 2023, I remember coming home from the grocery store and telling him [Bryant], ‘I don’t even know how to budget for groceries anymore because it’s like every time I go to the store, they just go up and up and up.’ That, paired with the rising cost of energy, fuel for our vehicles… it just means that we watch a little bit more closely what we spend.”
Despite the rising prices, Kantz said she is going to keep the $100. “I’m going to frame it,” she said.
Watch the interview below:
“Here, it’s going to go down a little bit,” Trump said as he handed Kantz a $100 bill at the local grocery store. Trump’s communications team also identified the woman as a mother of three.
Trump added, “It just went down 100 bucks.”
“Thank you so much,” the woman responded.
“We’ll do that for you from the White House, alright?” Trump said.
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— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) September 24, 2024
President Trump spent his day helping a Pennsylvania mom of 3 pay her Kamala-inflation grocery bill, meeting with & vowing to protect PA’s farmers & holding a huge rally there.
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While making his way through the aisles, his attention was caught by a large bag of popcorn. “Oh, look, I gotta get some. We gotta get it,” he said.
Trump asked, “Is this stuff good?” and quickly followed with a promise: “If it is, I’ll be sending, I’ll be in Washington D.C., hopefully in the Oval Office, I’ll send for popcorn.”
President @realDonaldTrump takes home popcorn from Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 23, 2024pic.twitter.com/Vpbqjb5U2W
The Republican presidential candidate also met with the owner of the local grocery store to discuss the impact of inflation on local businesses.
Trump asked how the store does against the bigger stores, to which the owner responded, “You know, I’m very proud because every year we went up, except for the last three years because of this inflation. It’s exactly what you said, prices are up, but our sales are down so we’ve had to get super creative on how to use our space.”
