White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was confronted by CNN host Victor Blackwell over Joe Biden’s economy as polls indicate Americans “aren’t very happy” with ‘Bidenomics.’
Jean-Pierre appeared to ignore Biden’s low economic approval numbers, claiming they “don’t show everything.”
She also argued that the economy looks bad because America has recently come out of the pandemic, adding that people have yet to notice that inflation is decreasing.
But Blackwell showed Jean-Pierre the approval numbers for Biden’s handling of the economy.
“[Biden’s] approval rating for his handling of the economy is at 37%, 30% on inflation specifically.” The host then asked.
“From the White House perspective, why is there a disparity between the good story, the narrative you think you have to tell, and how it’s received by the American people.”
Blackwell’s questions referenced the Biden Administration’s assessment that the economy Joe Biden is stronger and more stable.
Joe Biden has repeatedly touted this success as “Bidenomics.”
However, Blackwell pointed out that Americans do not feel that Bidenomics has been good.
But Jean-Pierre brushed off Biden’s low approval numbers.
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“So, a couple of things, Victor. Look, as we know, polls don’t show everything. They don’t tell the full story, as you just stated.”
She noted Biden’s midterm success, saying, “And you have to remember, if you look at where we were back in the fall of 2022, during the midterm elections when the president delivered a historic midterms for Democrats.”
“When you think about how, as a Democratic president, he delivered a victory that we hadn’t seen in decades, right? And he led that messaging throughout those months going to November.”
The White House official also claimed the Biden administration is in a “stronger position” than it was then.
Jean-Pierre claimed the current state of the economy reflects the damage caused by the pandemic and argued that Biden is repairing despite his sending billions to Ukraine.
“Americans are coming out of a pandemic. We are dealing with a lot when you think about the economy. But here’s the thing, this is a president who has spent the last two years turning the economy around.”
She also mentioned how Biden’s team is talking to Americans about how “Wages are actually going up, about how inflation is going down over a long extended period of time.”
Blackwell pressed further, asking her about her use of the Bidenomics brand in relation to Low approval ratings.
|We know the polls show that people are pretty sour; at least half the American people are sour on the economy. Isn’t that just dangerous getting closer to the election if things take a downturn?” Blackwell asked.
He asked, “Why literally fuse the president’s name with the economics that Americans aren’t very happy with?”
Jean-Pierre insisted Bidenomics “is indeed working,” adding Biden “understands what the American people have gone, go through, right, sitting at the kitchen table once a month trying to figure out how to pay those bills.”
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