Buttigieg under fire for claiming supply chain crisis is due to Biden guiding country out of recession
'President has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession'
By Cortney O'Brien | Fox News

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's claim that the U.S. supply chain was only strained because of President Joe Biden's success in guiding the country out of a recession raised plenty of eyebrows on Sunday.

The U.S. supply chain crisis has affected Americans of all stripes, despite White House chief of staff Ron Klain endorsing the message that it and inflation are "high class problems." Yet, Buttigieg told CNN on Sunday that the reason the supply chain is dealing with backlogs is because demand and income are up under Biden.

"Demand is up," Buttigieg said, "because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession."

BIDEN DOESN'T TAKE QUESTIONS FOR SECOND TIME IN A WEEK AFTER REMARKS ON SHAKY SUPPLY CHAIN

The secretary also predicted the holidays "are going to be a lot better this year."

"Because a year ago millions of Americans were sliding into poverty who now have jobs," Buttigieg said. "And a year ago, a lot of us were gathering with loved ones over a screen."

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was among the lawmakers, political strategists and social media users who accused Buttigieg of spinning the situation with faulty logic. Last month, the administration was accused of being "economically illiterate" for claiming Biden's Build Back Better would cost "zero dollars."

"Dem talking points: 'The supply chain is broken down, goods can't get in & inflation is skyrocketing...because things are so damn good. And this will continue. By winter, things will be so good ... there will be no Christmas presents whatsoever!' Cruz tweeted.

Author J.D. Vance, who's running for U.S. Senate in Ohio, and GOP official Tim Murtaugh also predicted future Democratic messaging for the American people.

"Paging fact checkers," National Journal's Josh Kraushaar tweeted.

Buttigieg is also still under fire for having remained on paternity leave since August as the supply chain crisis progressed. His spokesperson defended his absence during the critical time.


"For the first four weeks, he was mostly offline except for major agency decisions and matters that could not be delegated," a spokesperson for the Department of Transportation told Politico Playbook last week. "He has been ramping up activities since then."

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Butt he could take a two month paternal leave with his wife or husband!!

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

Ahh, Are Qotards not doing so well? What are you dipshits bummed about, the price of bacon?

Show's you the dedication of the people in the Dementia Joe administration. "Screw my fellow citizens, I am going to take 2 months off to feed a damn baby."

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No queencreep, butt paying almost $1.50/ gallon hurts a bit, but you DUI bicycle riders don't mind!!

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

HArd to believe that even progs buy this crap. So, the economy is going to hell because Dementia Joe saved it?

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The economy is hot, hence the inflation.

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I was right.

No...the inflation is due to lack of goods and services.....

The ships off of Calishitnia speaks for itself.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Demand is out stripping supply you dumbfuck.

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I was right.

Recent developments
COVID case counts have been trending lower, with sharp
declines in some of the states that were hit particularly
hard by the delta variant. Logistical issues are adding to the
supply-side bottlenecks constraining economic activity, and
businesses continue to struggle to find workers. Economic
data for September was mixed. The ISM Manufacturing
and Services PMIs both improved and were above 60,
a level consistent with strong growth (Fig. 1). Nonfarm
payrolls were much weaker than expected for the second
month in a row, increasing by just 194,000 (Fig. 2), but the
unemployment rate fell to a post-pandemic low of 4.8%.
Inflationary pressure remains elevated and has become more
broad-based

UBS

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So if you are a surfer I wish you the prosperity that allows you more time to pursue the salt water dream, and the true happiness that comes from warm water, clean waves and the companionship of your fellow surfers. If you are an internet troll just spewing bs then f off.

Mayor Pete takes two months off in the middle of the worst supply chain crisis we have seen in decades for paternity leave??? Why? Because he and his husband had to heal from the birth of the children? Sounds like his position is completely unnecessary. They need to stick to pulling bicycles out of the back of black SUVs so he can ride in for his photo ops so he can be as fake as Harris' genuine moments with child actors and Biden getting boosters on fake sets designed to look like somewhere in the White House. Everything about this administration is fake as F.

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"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," - George Bernard Shaw

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up.” - Barack Obama

“End of quote. Repeat the line.” - wise words from Joe Biden