Sherrod Brown Stands Up To Greedy Corporations, Fights for Ohioans
COLUMBUS, OH – Sherrod continued his fight this week to hold greedy corporations accountable and ensure Ohioans are getting the products they pay for.
Read / watch what they’re saying below:
WTTE: Sherrod Stands Up to Corporations While Fighting for Ohioans
WTTE: “[Senator Brown] said big corporations shrink the size of their products without shrinking their prices all to pay for CEO bonuses.”
CNN: Sherrod Fights “Shrinkflation”
CNN: “Sherrod Brown from Ohio saying his constituents are absolutely sick of shrinkflation.”
The Hill: ‘Me too, Cookie Monster’: Brown calls out companies for ‘shrinkflation’
Julia Shapero – March 4, 2024
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called out companies for “shrinkflation” Monday after Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster expressed frustration with the practice in a social media post.
- “Me hate shrinkflation! Me cookies are getting smaller,” Cookie Monster wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
- Brown, who serves as the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, agreed with the fuzzy blue Sesame Street character and slammed companies for shrinking the size of their products without cutting prices.
- “Me too, Cookie Monster,” Brown wrote on X. “Big corporations shrink the size of their products without shrinking their prices, all to pay for CEO bonuses. People in my state of Ohio are fed up — they should get all the cookie they pay for.”
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