Karine Jean-Pierre Tries and Fails to Defend Biden Repeatedly Lying About ‘9 Percent’ Inflation

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JEAN-PIERRE: “So, you know, Ed — and — and thank you for the question, because I know that this — we got a lot of incoming on this yesterday. And, look, I — what the president was — the point that he was making is that the factors that cause inflation was in place when he walked in — into the administration, when he took office. Let’s — as you know, the pandemic caused inflation around the world to be — by disrupting our economy and breaking our supply chains. As you know, we had to act quickly on dealing with the supply chain. He put together a task force. You saw the president do that. And just a couple of examples here — or one example, semiconductor shortages already existed when he took office. That increased costs on everything from auto parts to washing machines. By some measures, it accounted for one third of inflation in late 2021. Many countries saw worse inflation than we did. And obviously — and we’ve talked about this — we’ve been able to come out of that economic downturn in better — in a better place than most of our counterparts across the globe.”