Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence: “I’m gonna ask you about the new census data that came out. It shows that childhood poverty went to 13.7%. It’s more than double childhood poverty in 2021. So, why aren’t things getting better with all the programs and the money that’s been spent or signed into law under the Biden-Harris administration?”
KJP: “So — and I — I am really glad that you — that you brought this up … we were able to do because of the American Rescue Plan is that we were able to cut child poverty by nearly half and that’s a record low — uh — and — and that’s because we were able to expand on the child tax credit, and again, the American Rescue Plan, not one Republican voted for that plan, not one, not one, especially what was, if you think about just think back what was going on during that time, and they didn’t decided not to vote for it. Again, economy was in a tailspin and — and to this day, Republicans have refused — they’ve continue to refuse — repeatedly blocked — repeatedly blocked our attempts to restore that expanded child tax credit. Again, you’re talking about poverty. That’s what it was able to do and what it did is lift millions of children out of poverty and this just happened as recently as last month. Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill to expand the child tax cut, so we can build on what we were able to do the first year. Republicans are getting in the way. They are. They’re getting in the way.”
Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence: “On another subject, the Treasury monthly statement came out today and it showed that we still have a deficit. We’re going to have a deficit of $1.9 trillion this year. You know, the focus on the President and the Vice President has been raising taxes. They want to tax — raise tax on corporation and others and spending on programs. What’s the plan for the debt?”
KJP: “So, we got to step back here for a second. Uh — the last administration increased — they increased the debt by a record $8 trillion. I hope you wrote about that. They didn’t sign a single law to reduce the deficit. I hope you wrote about that . The president — President Biden — the current President signed a $1 trillion of deficit reduction into law. He’s taking action to deal with our deficit. $8 trillion deficit in the last administration. I really hope you wrote about that and his budget would lower the deficit by another tril — three trillion by making millionaires and — and biggest corporations pay their fair share to your question, that’s what it would do, cutting spending on special interests. That’s what he wants to do. Republicans want —again, they want to increase the deficit by expanding the tax — the Trump tax cut, which would cost $5 trillion. That’s what they want to do. So, I — I really hope you wrote about in the past what the Trump administration did when it came to the deficit and what we’ve had to — what we’ve had to deal with and fix.”
Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence: “But we still have deficit spending!”
KJP: “And every question that you ask me, I mean, there’s some irony —”
Lawrence: “[Inaudible] over here —”
KJP: “— Every question that you ask me is something that we’re trying to fix and Republicans get in the way of. Literally every question that you ask me.”
Lawrence: “— [inaudible] here. I’m talking about the debt. The — the —”
KJP: “I — I —”
Lawrence: “— actual amount — deficit spending is still deficit spending. How do we reduce debt?”
KJP: “— I’m telling you what the President has done. $1 trillion is not a small number in trying to in signing a legislation to deal with the deficit. Now, 8 trillion, a record number in debt. That’s what the Trump administration did.”
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Q: childhood poverty double, What plan for debt? KJP: blame GOPs, Biden reduce & Trump increase deficit