KJP: Inflation Skyrocketing When Biden Took Office, Honest On Inflation; 2024 not 20th Century

KJP Biden Not Misleading When Falsely Claiming Inflation Was Skyrocketing When He Took Office

REPORTER: Biden claimed that when he came into office, inflation was “skyrocketing” — but it was 1.4% in January 2021, which was the 11th straight month of inflation under 2%. Was Biden misleading Americans?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: No

Karine Jean-Pierre Claims Biden Is Being Honest On Inflation Even As Inflation Is Rising Again

REPORTER: Is Biden being honest about inflation?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “[Biden] said what he saw when he took office!”

(When Biden took office, inflation was at 1.4% and gas was $2.39/gal. Today, inflation has been at or above 3% for 36 straight months and gas is 52% higher)

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “Obviously [Biden] was talking about 2024…”

REPORTER: “Actually, he was talking about the 20th Century, as I recall…”

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “Mmmm, mmhmm, okay”

ALL TALK, NO ACTION Jean-Pierre Claims Biden Talks All The Time About Lowering Grocery, Rent Prices

Q: “Why aren’t we hearing more from the White House about the issues that people are facing at the grocery stores and paying rent?”

Karine Jean-Pierre: Biden always talks about lowering costs!

IT’S ALL TALK, NO ACTION — overall prices are up by 19.4% since Biden took office.

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KJP: Inflation Skyrocketing When Biden Took Office, Honest On Inflation; 2024 not 20th Century

Key Points

KJP Biden Not Misleading When Falsely Claiming Inflation Was Skyrocketing When He Took Office

REPORTER: Biden claimed that when he came into office, inflation was “skyrocketing” — but it was 1

• 4% in January 2021, which was the 11th straight month of inflation under 2%
• KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: No

Karine Jean-Pierre Claims Biden Is Being Honest On Inflation Even As Inflation Is Rising Again

REPORTER: Is Biden being honest about inflation

• KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “[Biden] said what he saw when he took office

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• Yesterday in the Rose Garden, the president said that when he came into office, inflation was skyrocketing, but it was 1
• 4 percent in January of 2021, and that was the 11th consecutive month at that time, under 2 percent
• So was the president misleading Americans
• So when the president took office, and you know this, there was a pandemic
• It was closing down businesses, closing down schools
• And so it was drastically disrupting the supply chain
• And that caused inflation around the world to increase
• And then further increasing inflation was the Russia’s war, Russia’s war in Ukraine
• And in fact, many other countries are even worse off because of that, because of what we’ve seen with Russia’s war
• So the president took historic action to deal with the disruption of the supply chain

Full transcript: 480 words transcribed via Whisper AI.