“Milk prices “currently are no higher than they were in 1980’s.”
What PolitiFact found
Economists usually factor in consumer price inflation when comparing prices over a long period. Milk prices have roughly doubled since January 1980, but consumer prices overall have risen far faster than milk, roughly quadrupling. This means that in inflation-adjusted terms, milk costs less than it did in the 1980s.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Blake Gendebien (Democratic House candidate) made this claim around 30 January 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 March 2026, 60 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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