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Home Front: Politix
Biden claims inflation was 9% when he came into office — when it actually was 1.4%
2024-05-10
[NYPOST] President Biden claimed Wednesday that voters were wrong to blame him for high inflation because it "was 9% when I came to office" — when in fact it actually was just 1.4%.
Can he remember that far back… about anything?
"No president has had the run we’ve had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation, It was 9% when I came to office — 9%," Biden told CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
’s Erin Burnett in a rare interview.

The 81-year-old president defended his economic policies after Burnett pressed him on the fact that "voters by a wide margin trust [former President Donald] Trump more on the economy."

Biden insisted ahead of his November rematch against Trump that he already "turned around" the economy, despite persistently high inflation and interest rates.

Inflation crept up shortly after Biden took office before surging to rates unseen since the early 1980s, peaking at an annual rate of 9.1% in June 2022 — 17 months after he took office.

Inflation has remained stubbornly high at an annual rate of 3.5% as of March.

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Posted by:Fred

#11  I believe it was 9% while he was in office...

Perhaps he does remember that.
Posted by: Bobby   2024-05-10 18:51  

#10  Truth is, most likely, he doesn't have a clue what he is saying. He was placed into the office with few qualifications and fewer votes.
Posted by: JohnQC   2024-05-10 12:57  

#9  A liar since 1973. No plans to stop now.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-05-10 12:54  

#8  Every day is Brandon's first day in office.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-05-10 10:16  

#7  Reality has never been Biden's strong suit. Or even a passing aquaintance, for that matter.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-05-10 08:34  

#6  Maff be hard. And Rayciss. And disinformation.

But most of all very inconvenient to concocted narratives.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-10 08:31  

#5  

Could it be, to allow the LSD Media to use this 9% phony claim, to make the Biden Admin inflation rate look lower than it really is?

Based on the real consumer staple goods prices and shrinkflation.
The current 3 year (2021-2024) actual inflation rate appears now at around 18%.

Posted by: NN2N1   2024-05-10 08:28  

#4  ^ And their answer to the public's lack of trust in their garbage propaganda is "disinformation bureaus."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-10 07:26  

#3  They fact check Trump from the day he was born. Fake news is worse than every. Biden is given a pass every day in our own slavish medias.
Posted by: Dale   2024-05-10 06:01  

#2  When Joe came into office in Jan 1973 the inflation rate was 3.6% and one year later in Jan 1974 it was 9.4%….. I am sensing a pattern here.
Posted by: Airandee   2024-05-10 01:31  

#1  ...that he already "turned around" the economy

Yep - he turned it around, then bent it over...
Posted by: Raj   2024-05-10 01:01  

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