Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., who sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, told Newsmax on Wednesday that Democrats on the panel showed their “tone deafness” with a now-deleted post on X that mocked Americans’ economic struggles.

The post, which was later taken down, was a response to record Black Friday sales, with House Ways and Means Democrats writing, “And here we were thinking y’all couldn’t afford eggs!”

“This just basically shows what the election was all about,” Murphy told “Newsline.” “It’s tone deafness on the part of Democrats, the liberal elites, who want to tell us how to do things, as they live on their rich pyramids out there in Hollywood. No, the average American has been suffering. Look at what has now happened with the cost of eggs. You know, our groceries have gone up.

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