No matter how much the Biden administration touts inflation coming down, Americans of all stripes aren’t buying it. They feel the pinch at the grocery checkout lane, at the gas pump, and elsewhere. They’re not focused on the silver lining in various economic metrics, they’re looking for any way possible they can cut back or take on extra jobs since wages are not keeping up. In a recent Suffolk University survey, for example, a majority of Americans described the state of the economy in their lives in no uncertain terms: “horrible,” “chaotic,” “sad,” “struggling,” and “scary.”
Given this backdrop, Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent comments about the economy are raising eyebrows.
Speaking to WFMZ-TV 69 News about the economy, the VP bizarrely acknowledged there’s a problem, but in the same breath said the administration has lowered the cost of living.
"I think it's important to pay attention to the fact that prices need to come down in a number of areas, but we have been lowering the cost of living for so many people,” she said.
That was news to Republicans, who pointed out prices have risen 17.4 percent since President Biden took office.
Prices have gone up by 17.4% since Biden took office.
— Tommy Pigott (@TommyPigott) September 21, 2023
Households are spending $709 more per month than they did two years ago for the same goods and services.
The nationwide average for gas is $3.87/gallon, which is $1.48 more than the day Biden took office https://t.co/XtJ3oCczkM
Aside from this making no sense, on what planet is Kamala Harris living if she thinks they've lowered the cost of living?
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 21, 2023
Prices are up by 17.4% since she and Biden took office. https://t.co/osoCxyKBor
As House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith said in response to the latest Consumer Price Index numbers, showing topline inflation increased for the second month in a row, there is “no end in sight to Biden’s cost-of-living crisis.” Time for Harris to wake up the reality facing "so many people."