Liberal CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers slammed President Biden Friday for responding to a question about the worsening inflation crisis gripping the U.S by referring to what “Nobel laureates” and “corporate leaders” told him about the issue rather than offering a solution to the American people.
During an appearance on “New Day,” Sellers called Biden’s response “terrible,” argued Americans weren’t concerned about the input of Nobel laureates, and declared that the problem was now Biden’s to fix.
Scott Jennings, John Berman, and Bakari Sellers on "New Day" – February 11, 2022.
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“I think it was back in July you said inflation was going to be temporary. I think a lot of Americans are wondering what your definition of temporary is,” NBC’s Lester Holt said to Biden in the Thursday interview.
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“It was a terrible answer, and I would tell them that if they were looking me in the face,” Sellers told CNN’s John Berman.
“That fact is that nobody … wants to hear what Nobel laureates actually say about the problem,” he added. “In fact, in that answer we would hear more about the solutions.”
He claimed that inflation wasn’t caused by Biden, but stated that it was still his problem to fix.
“We’d rather hear solutions, or simply, ‘I feel your pain,’ which is a better answer than whatever economists from Wharton decided to tell whoever,” Sellers said.
Inflation hit a fresh 40-year high last month, accelerating 7.5% and marking the fastest rate of increase since February 1982.
The inflation spike came as bad news to the Biden and his fellow Democrats as they expect to face an already tough election year amid the former’s tumbling approval rating and continued economic woes.
FILE – In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a shopper wears a mask as she walks through the meat products at a grocery store in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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The Biden administration has blamed the spike in prices on supply-chain bottlenecks and other pandemic-induced disruptions in the economy, while Republicans have pinned it on Democrats’ massive spending agenda, as well as energy policies targeting the oil and gas industries.
Fox Business’ Megan Henney contributed to this report.
