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Trump Press Secretary's Attack FALLS APART As Administration Lies Unravel
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8:52Now PlayingWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's attack on Democratic Socialist and progressive candidates by touting lies over Donald Trump's economy on Fox falls apart against devastating economic data. John Iadarola and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Trump dismissed affordability as a word ‘made up by the Democrats’ and promised oil would come ‘tumbling down’then it hit $100 a barrel
"President Trump told a cheering crowd at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga., on July 22 that “affordability” was a term invented by his political opponents, recounting the exact moment he says he first heard it: at his very first press conference after taking office, when a reporter pressed him on rising egg prices.
“They used the word—first time I heard it. It was a word, you know, made up by the Democrats: affordability,” Trump said, describing his response at the time as, “I’ve been here one day. Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it.” He blamed his predecessor Joe Biden and the “radical left Democrats” for what he called “the worst inflation in 48 years,” citing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as his source for the figure. In fact, the 2022 inflation surge was the worst in roughly 40 years, with Yale economist Stephen Roach noting that Trump often repeats the claim, one of his “biggest economic lies.”"
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