Egg Group President to Newsmax: N.Y. Gov. Hochul Using Prices as ‘Political Football’

New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul is wrong to blame high prices for her choice not to use real eggs at an annual Easter event, American Egg Board President and CEO Emily Metz told Newsmax on Friday.

Hochul in multiple interviews has bashed President Donald Trump for escalating egg prices.

During an appearance on Newsmax’s “National Report,” Metz told co-hosts Shaun Kraisman and Emma Rechenberg that the governor is wrong on two counts: egg prices are declining and Trump was not to blame for when prices were at their highest.

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