At her first White House briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made an unusual claim about inflation that has stung American shoppers for years: Leavitt said egg prices have continued to surge because “the Biden administration and the department of agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the Biden administration contributed to the high cost of eggs after directing 100,000,000 chickens be killed.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday blamed soaring egg pirces in the U.S. on former President Joe Biden’s administration for killing “100 million chickens” to stem the spread of bird flu. Bot the disease and culling has impacted egg prices, but President Donald Trump vowed in November that he would “immediately” reduce prices.