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Biden Campaign Spent Nearly $10K on Pelosi's Favorite Ice Cream as 'Donor Gift'

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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFormer Vice President Joe Biden really loves ice cream, so much so that it even says so in his Twitter bio.In fact, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential spent almost $10,000 — $9,942.60, to be exact — on the dessert as a donor gift between 2019 and 2020, according to data.And it wasn’t just any ice cream that the campaign shelled out almost 10 grand for, but Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which is the same brand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed off in her now-infamous on “The Late Late Show” with James Corden on April 13.Advertisement - story continues belowIn her appearance, Pelosi bragged about Democrats’ holding up the stimulus bill and showed off her sizeable stash of the artisanal ice cream, which retails for about $12 per pint in the D.C. area on the company’s .The next day, Biden chimed in to express his mutual love for the ice cream brand.Trending:“You have great taste, @SpeakerPelosi,” he wrote on Twitter.You have great taste, .— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden)Advertisement - story continues belowThis wasn’t the first time he was connected with the brand. magazine reported that when Biden first joined Instagram, the ice cream company was one of the first accounts he followed.Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams apparently reciprocates the love, and even tweeted a photo of him last year holding a pint of the cold treat proclaiming, “@JoeBiden knows best”. knows best.— Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams (@jenisicecreams)All of this love for a top-shelf ice cream brand was ill-timed, at least for Pelosi.Advertisement - story continues belowPresident Donald Trump’s re-election later eviscerated Pelosi for being oblivious to the plight of Americans who are hungry and losing their jobs in a captioned with the quote “‘Let them eat ice cream.’ – Nancy Antoinette.”The quote masterfully equated Pelosi to Marie Antoinette, the queen of France at the time of the French Revolution who is widely quoted as saying “let them eat cake” when she was told that peasants had no bread. (For what it’s worth, there’s to suggest she ever said such a phrase — but that doesn’t make the comparison any less apt.)Related:Do you think Biden and Pelosi's expensive taste in ice cream make them appear out of touch?Yes: 99% (1072 Votes)No: 1% (14 Votes)The most damning part of the ad is the series of cuts back and forth between Pelosi’s lighthearted enjoyment of the ice cream with news reports of hunger and job loss in America due to the pandemic.Advertisement - story continues belowIt ends with Pelosi musing, “I don’t know what I would’ve done if ice cream were not invented.”Biden and Pelosi share a love of a premium brand of ice cream that many Americans would consider a privilege to afford in any circumstances, let alone in freezers full during a&nbsp; or to the tune of thousands of campaign dollars.Perhaps, then, the most satisfying scenario would be to dream of these two splitting a pint of Jeni’s Salty Caramel to go with their salty tears as Trump wins his re-election.Submit a Correction →We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism.Tags:, , , , , , , ,AdvertisementAlmost half of America's governors are opposed to Biden's student debt forgiveness plan and have demanded he withdraw it.A brand new conspiracy theory has emerged thanks to photograph of Trump at his Washington, D.C.-area golf course.The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing with Twitter's whistleblower, who claimed that China may have had access to Twitter data.A reportedly healthy 18-year-old lifeguard died suddenly on Saturday. His mother is demanding authorities investigate his death.Some New York Democrats are fed up with Gov. Kathy Hochul and are now endorsing her Republican opponent Lee Zeldin.'[W]e know that the victim’s family is suffering to understand how so many mistakes could have been made nearly 30 years ago.'The West Texas Border Patrol Twitter account retweeted Stephen Miller's criticisms of Biden's policies and CPB has suspended the account.'The response was a poor choice of words but was not intended in any way to be insensitive or disrespectful.''All things considered, we’re pretty thankful no one was hurt, because this could’ve been 10 times worse than what it was.'For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFormer Vice President Joe Biden really loves ice cream, so much so that it even says so in his Twitter bio.In fact, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential spent almost $10,000 — $9,942.60, to be exact — on the dessert as a donor gift between 2019 and 2020, according to data.And it wasn’t just any ice cream that the campaign shelled out almost 10 grand for, but Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which is the same brand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed off in her now-infamous on “The Late Late Show” with James Corden on April...

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