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Granderson: Trump keeps talking about bacon prices, but that's not making the point he intends

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Donna Brazile : Donald Trump is right about the price of bacon, but he doesn't tell you when he brings it up on the campaign trail.

Brazile says the sharp increase in bacon prices was caused by a law passed in California .

She says the law required the space for breeding pigs and their piglets to be increased to a new standard, which only 4% of pork suppliers met at the time.

The industry challenged the constitutionality of the law, and the Supreme Court ruled 5 -4 in California ’s favor.

In January 2017 , bacon was $ 5.18 a pound. That September , while Trump was issuing “ Citizenship Day ” proclamations, the price of bacon reached a then-record $ 6.36 .

In March 2020 , Trump himself issued an executive order intended to prevent price gouging.