(Video: CNN)
Frustration is growing over the unprecedented baby formula shortage, yet another crisis in a nation that has entered a stage of steep decline since President Joe Biden took up residence in the White House, and the desperation of mothers seeking nourishment for their infants has led to confrontations in stores as the scarce commodity is sought out.
One young mother who posted a video of her encounter with another shopper at a Massachusetts Target who had her cart filled with formula as shelves stood empty has received national attention for her angry accusation that those who are hoarding formula are to blame for the shortages, and 23-year-old Autumn Guyer appeared on CNN where she discussed the viral video with host Erin Burnett.
In the video recorded by Guyer who is the mother of a 3-month-old son named Colton, she approached the other mother whose face is not shown to engage her about the contents of her cart.
“Look at this! Look at all this!” she said, pointing into the red plastic buggy.
“But I need it for my baby,” the woman protested.
“Look at the shelves,” Guyer said. “You don’t think I need it for my baby too?”
“This is the whole reason there’s a formula shortage,” she said. “You take all the formula off the shelf and buy it all at once?”
The other woman shot back, “You come after me, I don’t know you get this one,” giving up one can to Guyer.
“That doesn’t matter, I’m saying this is the whole reason why there’s a formula shortage,” Guyer said. “You come and you buy all the formula at once and there’s kids who need formula today who won’t be able to get it, because you just bought it all to stock up.”
On Friday’s edition of “OutFront,” Guyer told Burnett that she had recorded the encounter because she felt “hopeless” over the situation.
“I wanted other people to see what it’s like to feel kind of hopeless as a mother when you go to the store with high hopes and knowing, OK, they have this one thing that I can get, I can at least feed my baby with this, and leave with nothing,” she said.
Twitter users expressed their opinions on what some believe is the unfair scapegoating of “hoarders” instead of the failures of government and corporations while others had different takes.
This story puts the blame on individual women instead of the companies where it belongs. Another instance of putting women against each other instead of dealing with the actual issue
— Maria (@mariavhawkins) May 21, 2022
Any time “hoarding” or any of the collectivists’ other demonization labels for individualism gets dragged out, know that the regime is misdirecting blame from their own actions and/or manufacturing consent for further power grabs.
— Libertarian Party Mises Caucus (@LPMisesCaucus) May 21, 2022
Don’t assume that the person labeled a hoarder is not buying for multiple people.
— Jacqueline (@jacquelinechols) May 21, 2022
Too many soft ass folks in this world today. If you’re a parent and you need to feed your baby, you get the formula or you start grabbing the shit outta the cart. Plain and simple. Wtf is this start filming bullshit?! If that was me, this CNN story has a way different ending. 💯
— CrypticJay_GBR🌽🔴 (@CrypticHusk3r) May 21, 2022
FACT CHECK: this is not the primary reason that there is a shortage of baby formula
— Kirara Decline 🧺 (@CodecMendoza) May 21, 2022
I don’t understand why Target didn’t put a limit on how many could be bought at one time. This is what was done with toilet paper and paper towel at the start of COVID. This woman probably went home and posted containers for sale at an astronomical price on some neighborhood app.
— JuJu🐝 (@OTJulie) May 21, 2022
It’s the responsibility of the store to put a sign on the shelves stating on how many per household can buy, due to shortage or product
— Paul Martz (@PaulSparkees) May 21, 2022
Too many soft ass folks in this world today. If you’re a parent and you need to feed your baby, you get the formula or you start grabbing the shit outta the cart. Plain and simple. Wtf is this start filming bullshit?! If that was me, this CNN story has a way different ending. 💯
— CrypticJay_GBR🌽🔴 (@CrypticHusk3r) May 21, 2022
Quoting someone saying a blatant falsehood and implying it’s true is the next generation of the corporate media being, as @michaelmalice says, factual but not truthful.
They did it with covid all the time, i.e. “hospitals have no more beds” to boost hysteria
— Andrew Syrios (@rios9000) May 21, 2022
There’s a shortage because they’re sending it to the border
— MC Fishing (@rcm016) May 21, 2022
Too many soft ass folks in this world today. If you’re a parent and you need to feed your baby, you get the formula or you start grabbing the shit outta the cart. Plain and simple. Wtf is this start filming bullshit?! If that was me, this CNN story has a way different ending. 💯
— CrypticJay_GBR🌽🔴 (@CrypticHusk3r) May 21, 2022
Guyer also told Burnett that the formula that she is currently feeding Colton isn’t ideal for his condition.
“He’s not taking well to it, but I’ve called his pediatrician,” Guyer said. “There’s nothing anybody can do.”
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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