{"id":203323,"date":"2026-08-26T20:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/203323\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:52:23","slug":"jd-vance-admits-cost-of-groceries-are-high-in-reported-rnc-fundraiser-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/203323\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Admits Cost Of Groceries Are High In Reported RNC Fundraiser Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a data-ylk=\"slk:Republican National Committee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/republican-national-committee\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Republican National Committee<\/a> reportedly sent a fundraising text message attributed to Vice President <a data-ylk=\"slk:JD Vance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/jd-vance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JD Vance <\/a>to their mailing list this week, admitting to the high cost of groceries just days after he bragged about the economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If you can&#8217;t give right now, don&#8217;t Natalie. Groceries cost what they cost,&#8221; the text message shared by Washington Post&#8217;s Natalie Allison read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The RNC did not immediately respond to HuffPost when reached out to confirm the validity of the text message. However,\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:Newsweek;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/jd-vance-tells-supporters-to-skip-donating-groceries-cost-what-they-cost-12368850\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Mediate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/rnc-send-bizarre-fundraising-text-purporting-to-be-from-jd-vance-groceries-cost-what-they-cost\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mediate<\/a>\u00a0reported the text message also asked the receiver to answer a survey and links to a webpage titled, &#8220;A letter from JD Vance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I want to start by apologizing to you. Not for anything I&#8217;ve done \u2014 for what this business has done to you. I&#8217;m sorry for the countdown clocks that expire at midnight and reset by morning,&#8221; the lengthy letter, allegedly from Vance, read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Politics: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Irony Alert: JD Vance&#039;s Claim About Chasing Fraud Leads To An Instant Reminder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jd-vance-fraud-trump_n_6a7432d1e4b0e33593d1b92b?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Irony Alert: JD Vance&#8217;s Claim About Chasing Fraud Leads To An Instant Reminder<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vance&#8217;s letter went on to ask for donations, but wrote, &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to make you feel guilty over a number. &#8230; But if you want to back it up, I&#8217;d be honored to earn it \u2014 and you ought to be able to see exactly where it goes. That&#8217;s the receipt above. Itemized. No fine print,&#8221; the letter ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Donald Trump has repeatedly <a data-ylk=\"slk:dismissed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-affordability-gop_n_69370eece4b0020dff815a1c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dismissed<\/a> the affordability crisis during his administration&#8217;s second term. He even went so far as to call it a &#8220;<a data-ylk=\"slk:scam;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-afforability-scam-blame-democrats_n_692f25aae4b02d38edf02eb2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">scam<\/a>&#8221; made up by Democrats, but despite his denial, a majority of Americans are growingly disapproving of how he is <a data-ylk=\"slk:handling the economy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/poll-blue-collar-white-trump_n_6a2d8644e4b08741f51b17a0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">handling the economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The reported message also comes just days after Vance appeared at a rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:he spoke on affordability;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/fox-news-host-jessica-tarlov-debunks-jd-vance-claims_n_6a89aa72e4b0832f431747c2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">he spoke on affordability<\/a>, and\u00a0told the crowd, &#8220;We&#8217;re finally seeing that American dream of homeownership become accessible again to our young people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Users online ridiculed both Vance and the RNC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. <a data-ylk=\"slk:Support HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support?utm_campaign=yahoo-rr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Support HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/rnc-jd-vance-text-message-groceries-cost_n_6a8eec55e4b0229baac3ed72?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Republican National Committee reportedly sent a fundraising text message attributed to Vice President JD Vance to their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[119],"tags":[169,168,91092,9601,91091],"class_list":["post-203323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jd-vance","tag-james-david-vance","tag-jd-vance","tag-natalie-allison","tag-republican-national-committee","tag-text-message"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117163796053465315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}