Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker claimed Sunday that the nation is going through a meals scarcity, together with a rise in gasoline costs, whereas additionally concentrating on President Joe Biden on the nation's lack of power independence.

"Proper now, gasoline costs are going out of the roof. You see there is not any meals on the shelf," he stated throughout an interview with Fox Information host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. "I feel folks have to know that they usually're blaming everybody else besides themselves."

The U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA) stated Friday that grocery retailer and grocery store costs will rise by one other 3 to 4 p.c this yr and are "anticipated to exceed historic averages and the inflation fee in 2021." The USDA additionally stated that the Shopper Value Index, which is an total measure of economy-wide inflation, rose by 7.9 p.c between February 2021 and February 2022.

Herschel Walker weighs in on food supply
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker claimed that there's "no meals on the shelf" and focused President Joe Biden over the county's lack of power independence. Above, Walker speaks to supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump throughout a rally on March 26 in Commerce, Georgia. Picture by Megan Varner/Getty Photos

The GOP candidate, who will problem Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock within the upcoming midterm race in Georgia, blamed the Biden administration for not being power impartial sufficient saying that there are "enemies negotiating offers for us," which he known as "ridiculous."

"One of many first issues they did is that they determined they will surrender our power," Walker defined. "By him [Biden] going out and giving up our power, now we're not power impartial anymore."

Biden has been criticized for the way in which he's dealing with inflation, with round 70 p.c of People saying they aren't happy about it, based on an ABC Information/Ipsos ballot final month. The determine is just a little greater than the 69 p.c, who disapprove of Biden's response to inflation, that was recorded in earlier ABC/Ipsos polls final yr and earlier this yr.

The ballot additionally discovered that 70 p.c of respondents are sad with the way in which the president is dealing with the surge in gasoline costs in comparison with 28 p.c that approve. Nonetheless, 77 p.c of People again the president's resolution to ban Russian oil imports even when that interprets into greater gasoline costs.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed oil costs up globally, whereas inflation within the U.S. reached 7.5 p.c in January, the very best determine in 4 many years. Inflation is predicted to succeed in a median 5.7 p.c within the fourth quarter of this yr, Bloomberg reported Sunday.

Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell has beforehand criticized Biden's suggestion that the rise in gasoline costs is to be blamed on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Democrats' reckless spending that is fueled across-the-board inflation have made People' ache on the pump even worse. However in the previous few days, the Biden administration has tried to invent some laugh-out-loud—laugh-out-loud revisionist historical past," he stated from the Senate ground final month.

Newsweek reached out to the White Home for feedback.