Stephanie Ruhle is the senior business correspondent for MSNBC when she’s not hosting her show. She laments about this role. MTD Daily Chuck Todd, host of Chuck Todd, says that the Biden administration isn’t telling their “great economic story”.
On Wednesday it was reported that inflation has reached a 31 year high, which led Todd to declare: “So, bottom line is, this is something that it, this has got to just work itself out, and, you know, the Democrats are the ones in charge so they’re going to pay the price of this sort of short term economic frustration.”
Ruhle agreed with the political logic of Todd’s claim, but added “it’s unfortunate” because “the Democrats don’t do a great job of telling their economic story.”
She then tried to hype up Biden’s alleged accomplishments: “Yes, this inflation number is not a good one. But they’ve got a great economic story to tell, right? Five million new jobs, 200 millions people vaccinated. Those vaccine numbers tie directly to the economy. You couldn’t open the economy without getting America healthy again.”
After months of shut downs, jobs rose and vaccinations also increased. It would have been true regardless who was in office. It would be true, however, regardless of the spending authorizations this year. That is solely on the Democrats and Ruhle’s evaluation of Biden’s economic performance seems to change based on whether it could be spun as good news or bad news.
Ruhle concluded her praises by declaring, “We are experiencing economic recovery.” What the Biden administration isn’t doing is selling that, and they can.” Maybe Democrats do not need to tout their own record, they can just have Ruhle do it for them, as she has done repeatedly this week.
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This transcript covers the show on November 10.
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CHUCK TODD: So, bottom line is, this is something that it, this has got to just work itself out, and, you know, the Democrats are the ones in charge so they’re going to pay the price of this sort of short term economic frustration.
STEPHANIE RUHLE: And it’s unfortunate, but the Democrats don’t do a great job of telling their economic story. Yes, this inflation number is not a good one. But they’ve got a great economic story to tell, right? Five million jobs were created and 200 million people have been vaccinated. Those vaccine numbers tie directly to the economy. You couldn’t open the economy without getting America healthy again. The economy is recovering. What the Biden administration isn’t doing is selling that, and they can.
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