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https://www.politicususa.com/2022/10/16/bernie-sanders-chuck-todd-meet-the-press.htmlPosted on Sun, Oct 16th, 2022 by Jason Easley
Bernie Sanders Schools Chuck Todd On Why Inflation Is Not Bidens Fault
On Meet The Press, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) explained to Chuck Todd why Republicans blaming Biden for inflation is bogus.
Chuck Todd asked Sen. Sanders, Do you think the American Rescue Plan in 2021 contributed to inflation issue were dealing with right now?
Sanders answered:
And it is also caused by incredible corporate greed, and I hope everybody understands that when you go to the gas station you fill up your car today, the oil companies are making huge profits. The food companies are making huge profits, prescription drugs are high, the pharmaceutical industry is making huge profits. Weve got to deal with that issue and Republicans wont.
Chuck Todd presented a Republican lie as a debatable position. If Republicans started claiming that oxygen was a scam and people dont need it, so they should stop breathing, the question to be asked isnt Senator, do you agree with Republicans that people dont need oxygen?
The question that should be asked is why are Republicans saying something that is demonstrably false, and why is our media elevating it?
However, asking the both sides do it media to use critical thinking is probably too big of a dream to dream. At least Bernie Sanders was on Meet The Press to speak the truth.
hlthe2b
(102,636 posts)He belongs on the now defunct OAN--not even Fox.
GreenWave
(6,871 posts)My guess is he cut to commercials.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)However, keep noting that inflation is a world-wide problem, not confined to the United States. And, when people are complaining about high pump prices, direct them to the record profits the oil companies have been posting this year. Ask the complainers if they think those profits (in the billions each quarter) might have anything to do with $5 a gallon gas, and all the other prices for consumer goods that depend on motor vehicles to get to market?
FakeNoose
(33,002 posts)He did a fine job explaining sticky economic issues, and a lot of Repukes watch that show.
So maybe they learned something?
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)"Chuck Todd's Unasked Follow Up Questions"
Airs from 1am to 5am for as many years as it takes to get to them all.
brooklynite
(95,164 posts)I seem to recall plenty of folks here claiming that it WASN'T an international problem, it was exclusively corporate greed here in the US.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,629 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,629 posts)Emile
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