CNN anchor Jake Tapper cornered White House economic adviser Cecilia Rouse, asking why members of President Joe Biden’s administration kept touting all the “tools” they could use to tackle inflation if they weren’t going to actually use them.
Rouse joined Tapper for Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Lead,” where they discussed the most recent economic numbers. Inflation through the month of June was up 9.1% year over year — over the 8.8% predicted by Dow Jones — and Tapper pressed Rouse on the fact that while the Biden administration was quick to talk about the tools they could use to bring those numbers down, they didn’t seem to be using any of those tools to any great effect.
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“I just feel like every month one of you nice people from the White House comes on the show to talk about inflation, and you talk about these tools in the president’s tool kit and you don’t use them,” @jaketapper challenges WH Econ Adviser. pic.twitter.com/VwxgfhVgwO
— Virginia Kruta…
