Oh no not cookware
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
On a visit to Paris earlier this month, Harris reportedly spent more than $500 on cookware at E Dehillerin, a shop near the Louvre museum.
Well, yes, that Le Creuset stuff is expensive.
Republicans and rightwing media outlets seized on the purchase, attempting to use it to show that the vice-president, a former California attorney general and US senator, was out of touch with ordinary Americans.
Ahhhh yes because 500 whole dollars, in sharp contrast to Donald Trump.
That’s his very own tasteful understated man of the people living room. It cost $37.99 at Walmart.
Trump famously criticised Barack Obama for playing too much golf, said he would be too busy to play much himself, then spent considerable time on the fairways. Estimates of the cost to taxpayers vary. One dedicated website, Trumpgolfcount.com, put it at $149m.
And the kicker is that most of that public money went to Trump himself, because unlike any president before him he charged his Secret Service agents for housing in his own hotels at his own golf clubs. Profit profit profit.
It really doesn’t take much to spend $500 on cookware. Cookware is expensive. I imagine you could do that at many stores (though probably you’d have to get a lot of cookware to spend that much at Dollar General). Every time I need a new saucepan or frying pan or something, I prefer to look at garage sales and thrift stores first. It’s cheaper, and it’s better for the environment to reuse slightly used stuff.
She may be out of touch with the common people. Most politicians (and journalists – and pundits) are. But $500 is not so much compared to what Trump spent. But I bet she would serve them something other than fast food “hamberders” if they were invited to dinner.
Lasts a lifetime, though. I’ve had some I’ve used constantly for 22 years and there’s not a mark on it. You might even call high quality cookware a shrewd investment…
I spent £100 on a medium sized saucepan with steamer baskets recently. Good pots and pans are expensive, however they should last you a lifetime. My income is about average.
I do like Le Creuset kitchenware but it weighs a ton.
No doubt Harris earns more than the average Joe, however if she likes cooking that isn’t an extravagance. An Average Joe might spend as much on their particular interest, video games, guns, cycling, fishing – anything where having good quality equipment increases your enjoyment/efficiency hugely.
What is that painting on the Trump ceiling? The Apotheosis of Donald Trump?
And the decor consultancy services of Stormy Daniels would not come cheap, either.
I watch satellite TV, the old people channels dedicated to ancient sitcoms and drama series. Every other commercial is about Medicare enrollment or those medical alert bracelets you buy for when you’ve fallen and can’t get up. They’re clearly not targeting a wealthy demographic, but they have ads for $200 pans, on sale from twice that.