Republican Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.) and Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonHouse panel subpoenas author of Jan. 6 PowerPoint The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Charter Communications – Meadows held in contempt; Biden hasn’t moved Manchin Senate GOP campaign arm raises nearly .4 million in November MORE (Wis.) on Sunday slammed Democrats over inflation in interviews with John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM.
“I always think about how do you help the poorest families in our country. Right now, the Democrats’ agenda is hurting the poorest families,” Scott said in the interview.
“Everything has gotten more expensive because of the Democrats’ wasteful spending,” Scott said, pointing to higher prices for gas and food.
The comments come after consumer prices rose by 6.8 percent in the year leading into November, marking the highest inflation rate since 1982.
Inflation has become a top concern among Americans, with 72 percent surveyed in a recent CNN poll saying the federal government is not doing enough to fix inflation and 70 percent saying the government needs to do more to fix supply chain issues.
In another recent poll, conducted by ABC News-Ipsos, 69 percent of Americans surveyed said that they disapproved of President BidenJoe BidenSenate confirms 40 judges during Biden’s first year in office, the most since Reagan SNL removes live audience, loses musical guest for Saturday as omicron spreads Liberals disappointed after Biden’s first year MORE‘s handling of inflation.
“A lot of people don’t fully understand the double whammy that Democrat governance is enacting on America as it relates to inflation,” Johnson said.
“They are passing all of this deficit spending on a partisan basis [which is] creating a lot more dollars,” Johnson adding, claiming Democrats are using that spending to pay Americans “not to work.”
Even as inflation has increased, unemployment in the country has dropped notably. The four-week moving average for unemployment claims leading into this week fell to its lowest level since 1969.
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