Biden’s Economic Insanity

Joe Biden did something really unusual this week. He sat down for an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett. You’d think a politician like Biden, who just loves to talk, would be eager to give interviews. But no. He’s given the fewest interviews of any president in decades.

Unfortunately, Biden continued to lie with an alacrity and certainty that would make the father of all lies proud. He sat there and told Burnett, “[N]o president’s had the run we’ve had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation. It was 9% when I came into office, 9%.”

He’s only off by 800%. When Donald Trump passed off the economic baton to Joe Biden, the inflation rate was 1.4%. 

But Biden repeats this lie all the time. And you will hear it a lot more in the days ahead. Either his staff doesn’t correct him or it’s part of the “big lie strategy,” where if you repeat something often enough, people start to believe it. And the bigger the lie, the more likely they are to believe it.

Inflation did hit 9%, but not until 18 months into Joe Biden’s presidency. How on earth can he claim it was 9% before he took office? Then again, he couldn’t remember when he was vice president or when his son died.

Predictably, Burnett let Biden get away with it. She never pushed back or fact checked him as he was gaslighting her. It’s even worse because Burnett knows better. Her educational and professional background is in economics and finance!

And when Burnett did raise the subject of inflation as a real problem for people, Biden said, “But the fact is that, if you take a look at what people have, they have the money to spend.”

This guy is so out-of-touch that he thinks everything is just fine!