Today, we're going to talk about what caused the baby formula shortage in the US, how Republicans

blamed it on Biden, and how their blocking efforts to actually solve it.

And I interview Fox LA's Alex Michaelson about California's upcoming races, some of the

most dangerous winners of Republican primaries, and whether he thinks California Governor Gavin

Newsom will eventually throw his hat in the ring for president.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

Okay, so I want to focus on an issue that's really overtaken the country in the last couple

of weeks.

It's one of the more visceral issues.

It is the baby formula shortage.

Now, just a quick explainer on what landed us here in February, Abbott, nutrition, which

is the largest infant formula manufacturer in the US.

So one of its largest production facilities out in Sturgis, Michigan shut down after a bacterial

contamination was linked to four infants getting sick and two infants dying.

As a result of losing one of Abbott's largest facilities, there was obviously a shortage

in infant formula.

It's just basic supply and demand, right?

One major supplier you're left with and inevitable shortage.

Couple that with the fact that the US produces 98% of the infant formula that's consumed

here in the US, meaning this isn't a market where farm producers can fill in gaps in the

supply.

And remember that Trump's USMCA deal that replaced NAFTA actually sought to reduce baby

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