MAGA commentator Bill Mitchell was skewered online after suggesting Thursday that Americans should eat veggie burgers as ground beef prices soar.
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“With regards to beef prices, have you ever tried a veggie burger?” Mitchell posted on X Thursday. “They’re actually really good. A little lettuce, tomato, pickles, a portobello mushroom, slice of Swiss cheese. Excellent.”
With regards to beef prices, have you ever tried a veggie burger?
They’re actually really good. A little lettuce, tomato, pickles, a portobello mushroom, slice of Swiss cheese. Excellent.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) September 18, 2026
Beef prices are rising under President Donald Trump, and his supporters have rejected his proposal of importing more beef from foreign countries.
Yet Republicans have also recently been using veganism as a political smear against their Democratic midterm rivals.
One such Democrat is Senate candidate James Talarico in Texas. Talarico is not vegan and has been photographed eating meat, but Republicans have nevertheless labeled him “Tofu Talarico.”
Trump bizarrely said of Talarico, “He eats meat, and he goes outside, and he throws up all over the place.”
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Meanwhile, Colorado’s Democratic congressional candidate, former vegan Manny Rutinel, is facing right-wing attacks for his former plant-based diet, including the nickname “Meatless Manny Rutinel.”
So people online were quick to question Mitchell’s sudden cheerleading for meat alternatives.
MAGA when not eating meat https://t.co/vef3JMW6Yu pic.twitter.com/OgKSB66ZjT
— 679 Enthusiast (@marionumber4) September 18, 2026
It took less than two years of Trump for conservatives to embrace veggie burgers (he’s right, the mushroom ones are so good)
By 2028 they will tell us to Eat Ze Bugs https://t.co/F5RWdzt6MF
— Nikolaj🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@nikicaga) September 18, 2026
New backup plan unlocked. pic.twitter.com/9gdlKQpcoC
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 18, 2026
Republicans in 2024: Kamala Harris wants you to live in the pod and eat the bugs and go to war with Iran!!!
Republicans in 2026: To support the war in Iran, have you considered living in the pod? Or perhaps eating the bugs? https://t.co/rSFKiwiDdK
— Rowan Fornow 🚵🚉🏙️🦣🇵🇸 (@rowanfornow) September 18, 2026
“Let them eat veggie burgers” pic.twitter.com/F69n1leXOl
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 18, 2026
Mitchell, for his part, defended his endorsement of veggie burgers in a follow-up post, saying, “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I think they’re great when prepared well.”
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