{"id":1054886,"date":"2021-11-25T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T18:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054886"},"modified":"2021-11-25T13:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T18:13:39","slug":"fact-check-did-jen-psaki-tell-people-to-eat-taco-bell-for-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-jen-psaki-tell-people-to-eat-taco-bell-for-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Jen Psaki Tell People To Eat Taco Bell For Thanksgiving?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-jen-psaki-tell-people-to-eat-taco-bell-for-thanksgiving%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dangjones\/status\/1463477623070281740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRDOPOfficial\/status\/1463207974025977860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki recommended people eat Taco Bell for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7327376\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7327376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twitter\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7327373\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7327373\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7327373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM.png\" alt=\"Twitter\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM.png 1252w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM-108x120.png 108w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM-560x620.png 560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM-768x850.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM-1536x1700.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-25-at-10.50.30-AM-2048x2267.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7327373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twitter\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of the White House or Psaki recommending for people to eat Taco Bell for Thanksgiving. The claim comes from a satirical Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The average Thanksgiving meal is expected to be more expensive this year than last year\u2019s due to inflation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/12\/inflation-means-thanksgiving-dinner-will-cost-extra-this-year-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Thanksgiving, social media users shared posts alleging the White House recommended for Americans to consider eating Taco Bell for their holiday meal. One tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRDOPOfficial\/status\/1463207974025977860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged<\/a>, \u201cThe White House tells families to consider Taco Bell this Thanksgiving,\u201d while <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dangjones\/status\/1463477623070281740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another said<\/a>, \u201cPsaki suggest you eat Taco Bell this Thanksgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A viral iteration of the claim on Facebook garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/neEYM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 270 shares<\/a> before being deleted. It also quoted Psaki as saying, \u201cInflation is hurting all of us this year. The Value Menu at Taco Bell is just as tasty and a lot more affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any record of the White House making such a Thanksgiving recommendation or of Psaki making the comment attributed to her in the posts. A search of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White House blog posts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media statements<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press briefing transcripts<\/a> yielded no instances of either of them. They also do not appear in any tweets from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White House<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Such a remark by Psaki to reporters would likely result in media coverage, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=white+house+recommends+taco+bell&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiz6uv3irL0AhU6kHIEHW5zCRIQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=821&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no national news outlets<\/a> have quoted her as saying something to that effect. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/05\/18\/fact-check-photo-joe-biden-jen-psaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral Post Claims To Show Photo Of Joe Biden And Jen Psaki)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Instagram account @Beep.Satire appears to be the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWluStfPpB1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">origin<\/a> of the claim about the White House and Psaki suggesting a Thanksgiving meal of Taco Bell. The account\u2019s Instagram bio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beep.satire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a>&nbsp;in part, \u201cSatire, jokes, &amp; media flops. 100% fake news made for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweets claimed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki recommended people eat Taco Bell for Thanksgiving.Twitter\/Screenshot &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}