Kellyanne Conway and Juan Williams Throw Down on Whether or Not Americans Are Better Off Under Joe Biden

EXCERPT:

CONWAY: “The Inflation Reduction Act did no such thing. Correct me on that?”
WILLIAMS: “The Inflation Reduction Act, in fact, cut the deficit, hugely. He has cut the deficit more, I think, than any other president going way back. And so what you say is — “
CONWAY: “It — “
WILLIAMS: “Wait a minute, what happened under President Trump? Oh, the deficit went up a quarter of a deficit. It’s upset some people, but it’s a fact. A quarter of a deficit caused by President Trump and the tax cuts. That’s spending. Tax cuts for the very rich is actual spending that, in fact, accrues to the deficit.”
CONWAY: “Well, everybody got a tax cut under President Trump. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, which didn’t get a single Democratic vote, gave a tax break to everyone, corporations, individuals, research and development, all the investments, the job creators, job holders, and job seekers in this country, repatriated trillions of dollars of wealth that was illegally parked overseas, people brought it back here. Juan, let’s talk about it. It took you 3 minutes to mention Donald Trump so I do give you credit, it is getting better.
(Laughter)
But since you mentioned it, let’s look at the Gallup poll. The Gallup poll today says 41% of Americans say that they are not better off under Joe Biden. In fact, 16% say they were better off. That is the worst indictment of our economy since 2008 and 2009 when we were in a true recession. Compared to 2020, January 2020, right before the pandemic hit, 59% told Gallup they were better off. Now it’s 16%. I mean, you can’t argue with the numbers. You want to mention the last administration, the way people feel, people’s perception of the economy is Joe Biden’s raw political reality. They do not feel more prosperous. And with respect to Gene Sperling who sat here, two things. Number one, the new metric is not job creation. The new metric is how people feel about their household finances? He said every single job came back. All the mom-and-pops did not come back. Our small businesses in so many places are decimated, the blight is to our funds, they are not coming back anytime soon.”
WILLIAMS: “Come on now. We have very low, historically low unemployment.”
CONWAY: “That is not a metric.”

(Via Mediaite)