Overview
- Miller posted a photo on X of a meal she captioned “Grass-fed steak, asparagus and white sweet potatoes” Thursday, showing a cutting board piled with sliced steak.
- The post coincided with a new inflation report and Pew Research/NYT findings that many Americans are struggling to afford food, housing, medical care and transport while gas prices have risen.
- Within hours lawmakers, journalists and state political communicators mocked the meal as tone-deaf, with Rep. Ted Lieu calling it a 'let them eat cake' moment and others accusing Miller of flaunting wealth.
- Commentators amplified and ridiculed specific details of the dish—from 'grass-fed' steak to the potatoes—and used the image as quick-turn electoral messaging ahead of November.
- The post has generated broad online backlash with no major corrective statement from Miller reported, leaving opponents a ready piece of content to use in campaign attacks and press coverage.