Beef prices are soaring — and now meat is a midterm election issue

In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they're also having a food fight over who's the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith saying that if consumers are upset over high beef prices, “you know you have so many proteins to choose from.” The video cuts to a man grilling burgers who says, “Pick another protein? I'd rather pick another senator instead.” The…