June 23, 2022 12:43pm EDT
Joy Behar asks Karine Jean-Pierre how to convince Americans inflation, gas prices are 'not Joe Biden's fault'
WH press secretary recently laughed off questions about Biden's age, mental fitness heading to 2024
By Hanna Panreck | Fox News
On Thursday, "The View" co-host Joy Behar asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre how to convince Americans that skyrocketing inflation and gas prices were not President Biden's fault.
"The case has been made that inflation is an intractable problem around the world. We talk about it here all the time, and not just in a crisis in the states but in the eyes of many voters, ‘the buck stops with the president,’ to paraphrase Harry Truman. But with the president's handling of inflation and the economy hitting lows in recent polls, how do you make the case to voters that his economic policies are working, that it's not his fault, that inflation is a worldwide problem, that the gas prices are not Joe Biden's fault? How do you do that?" Behar asked.
Jean-Pierre emphasized that it was a "global challenge" and that it was connected to "Russia's war."
"When the president walked into the White House over a year ago, the economy was tanking, schools were closed, small businesses were shutting down," she said, adding that the president needed to address issues relating to the pandemic. "Another thing he was able to do was pass the American Rescue Plan, his plan that only Democrats voted for and now you fast-forward to today, we do have some unique strengths, we do have a strong economy."
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