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2024-05-18 Economy
Watch: Chief Economic Adviser Refuses To Admit Biden Is Lying About Inflation
[ZeroHedge] Joe Biden’s chief economic advisor refused to admit Thursday that the president keeps telling a huge lie by claiming that inflation was at 9 percent when he took office when it was really at 1.4 percent and shot up to 9 percent under Biden himself.

During an interview on Fox Business, host Neil Cavuto grilled Jared Bernstein, and told him directly “you’re lying,” and “just as bad” as Biden when he tried to dodge the matter.

CAVUTO: Why does Biden keep claiming inflation was 9% when he took office — when it was actually 1.4%?

BERNSTEIN: "The president talked about how concerned he was for households struggling with prices."

CAVUTO: "That's not what I asked you. Why does he keep misrepresenting… pic.twitter.com/lMaKNfeSOV

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 16, 2024

After Biden took office inflation surged to rates unseen since the early 1980s, peaking at an annual rate of 9.1 percent in June 2022, a full 17 months after he became president.

Yet, he keeps claiming it was ALREADY at 9 percent and that he inherited a weakened economy from Trump. # id) ?>
Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1823 views ]  Top

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4 Is it a fantasy world or what is unfolding is their full intent. Incompetent and evil.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-05-18 09:40||   2024-05-18 09:40|| Front Page Top

5 ^Remember "collectivization"?
Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-05-18 09:48||   2024-05-18 09:48|| Front Page Top

6 Russian court seizes 94 million euros worth assets of German bank Commerzbank
Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-05-18 11:07||   2024-05-18 11:07|| Front Page Top

7 Honk Honk. Here, smell the flower.
Posted by swksvolFF 2024-05-18 11:25||   2024-05-18 11:25|| Front Page Top

8 #4 They are doing *exactly* what they wish to do and it's working exactly like they knew it would. None of this is surprising to them and it shouldn't have been to anyone else.
Posted by Crusader 2024-05-18 12:16||   2024-05-18 12:16|| Front Page Top

9 Trying to get a government apparatchik to answer your question is like trying to pump an NPC for needed info. It’s not going to happen. If they weren’t going to stick to the script with a zombie like dedication, they would not have been cleared do an interview.




Posted by Super Hose 2024-05-18 13:16||   2024-05-18 13:16|| Front Page Top

10 I've disliked Uniparty Tool Cavuto, but will give him props on this one for not letting that lie go
Posted by Frank G 2024-05-18 13:29||   2024-05-18 13:29|| Front Page Top

11 /\ This.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2024-05-18 18:22||   2024-05-18 18:22|| Front Page Top

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