White House press secretary says that record inflation does not exist and absolves President Joe Biden of any economic difficulties caused by the Ukraine conflict as to why it's happening. She added the US is in a better position with an oil crisis, gas price hikes, no baby formula, and a runaway economy enabled by his policies.
Biden's Policies Deal With Inflation
The White House insisted, on Tuesday, that "global challenges" like the Ukraine conflict, not the president's policies, cause high inflation.
Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that the economy is still firm and the government is in a "better position" to address those issues, reported RT.
She spoke with ABC's Good Morning America last Tuesday, saying that it was Donald Trump who set in the crisis before January 2021.
Attributed the American Rescue Plan that the Democrats pushed that was unpopular; still stressed despite financial hardship experienced by Americans that the Biden administration is doing well.
Later at the White House press conference with actor Matthew McConaughey's gun control speech, Jean-Pierre repeated that remark, cited Fars News.
Crisis Blamed on Russia-Ukraine Conflict
The new press secretary repeated what her predecessor Jen Psaki said earlier, that it was the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This included US allies who imposed sanctions and are not having the same problems brought about by Joe Biden's short-sighted imposition of them.
She included in her statement that similar fuel price hikes are in progress in other nations to show that it is not only the president of the US having these problems.
The White House press secretary highlighted the prices in the EU at more than $8 a gallon, which includes Germany and Canada, saddled with sky-high fuel costs have record inflation also caused by the Ukraine conflict, noted Mass News.
No one trusts the White House to cover the president's foibles Jean-Pierre had been fact-checked by Fox News contributor and US Marine veteran Johnny Joey Jones, who highlighted that US gasoline prices had increased from $2.09 to $3.30 before events in Ukraine. He added its common knowledge that prices rose before that, but Biden does not want to admit it was his fault.
Another Republican, its strategist Matt Whitlock called out Jean-Pierre's assertion that all is as good as pointless word salad; called it pure garbage from the Oval Office, adding to the turkey shoot with Biden as the target.
He went on to say that the current president caused the most incredible inflation in 40-years, with a foreboding recession. Also, the president has boosted jobs from 2019, a record year helmed by Trump, and some recovery from Covid lockdowns the democrats reveled in.
The press secretary stated the plan of the president to fight high prices by giving the Federal Reserve freedom to do what is needed. The Fed's most recent action was to raise the federal funds rate last month. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, on the other hand, made a different case on Capitol Hill.
To lessen inflation without weakening the labor market, the Fed's monetary policy should be augmented by a fiscal policy stance, and she told the Senate Finance Committee.
No one believes the explanation that inflation is not so bad, but the administration is detached due to its narrative. The White House press secretary goes on a stretch to prove that record inflation is not due to President Joe Biden.
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