Republicans pummeled President Biden and his team for their economic policies Wednesday as new figures showed that the rate of inflation was still running at …
Republicans pummeled President Biden and his team for their economic policies Wednesday as new figures showed that the rate of inflation was still running at a 40-year high despite cooling slightly to 8.3% in April.
“ This all-Democrat government has managed a unique kind of economic turnaround. They took an economy that was ready to soar last January, turned it around, and drove it into the ground,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Twitter about the inflation numbers. His remark was also a clear dig at Biden’s comments a day earlier in which he once again tried to claim Democrats don’t control Congress despite having a deciding vote in the evenly split Senate and a slim majority in the House of Representatives. Republican lawmakers said the rate of inflation, which backed off after reaching 8.5% in March but was still higher than expected, is sparking higher prices that are hitting American consumers in their pockets when they go to the grocery store or gas station.
“$4.37 gas 8.3% Inflation Only the rich can afford a Biden Presidency,” Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) posted on Twitter. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said the costs of inflation are being exacerbated by the shortages consumers are experiencing when they go to the store.
“Record-high inflation, skyrocketing gas prices, and a baby formula shortage,” Blackburn tweeted.
