On CNN’s “Inside Politics,” which aired Friday, Sen. John Hickenlooper said the Biden administration was wrong to think inflation was temporary, but “they’re moving away from the worst inflation we’ve seen in 100 years of the last century.” Severe pandemic, which disrupted supply chains.” “We bounced back better than most,” but President Biden “doesn’t get any credit.”
“I don’t think the communication outside the White House was perfect,” Hickenlooper said. In other words, when they first got the virus under control, they said it was gone, and then we had a second wave. The first time they talked about this breakdown in the supply chain causing — really causing gas prices, oil, crude prices to go up so high, they said, well, it’s going to be temporary. I’d urge more — no one Asked me – but I would urge them to be more cautious in predicting good news. But, that being said, they are emerging from the worst pandemic of the last century, 100 years, which has disrupted supply chains. And We’re in recession — our economy is coming at the right time. So no one has the inventory to buffer these disruptions. This is the first time we’ve shut down, I mean, really shut down the entire global economy. Omg, of course we There will be serious challenges. We bounced back better than most, and if you go back to what people were thinking back then, most people would say if they could see where we are now in August 2022, they would go And, my god, what a recovery. And yet, you’re right, he doesn’t get any credit. Communication is a bit poor, and I think people are digesting that. They’re going through a pandemic again.”
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