Jen Psaki Applauds Skyrocketing Inflation in Tone-Deaf CNN Interview: It’s Actually ‘A Good Thing’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had another rough outing on Friday. After getting served with an ethics complaint for violating the Hatch Act, she found herself on CNN with Jake Tapper defending the skyrocketing inflation that is stressing the budgets of working class Americans.
“Inflation is skyrocketing, as I don’t need to tell you,’ Jake Tapper pointed out. “The prices for home heating costs, cars, groceries, furniture, rent, gasoline are hitting Americans right in the wallet. The White House response has been generally to say ‘hey, inflation shows that we’re coming out of the recession, so it’s a good sign.’ President Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain enthusiastically retweeted an economist who had said in part, ‘most of the economic problems we’re facing, inflation, supply chains, etc., are high class problems.’”
“Now, I get the larger point that when we’re talking about economics, we’re coming out of recession,” Tapper said. “But doesn’t it seem tone deaf to say that rising prices and empty grocery store shelves are high class problems? Isn’t that a bit dismissive?”
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