Liberal CNN analyst slams Joe Biden for 'terrible' answer when confronted about inflation: 'The problem is yours to fix'



Liberal CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina congressman, sharply criticized President Joe Biden Friday over his response to growing inflation and economic woes in a recent interview.

What is the background?

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday the consumer price index rose to an annual rate of 7.5% in January, the highest rate in 40 years.

During an interview with "NBC Nightly News," anchor Lester Holt confronted Biden over the growing economic problem. Biden claimed last July that inflation would be "temporary," so Holt asked Biden what his "definition of temporary is."

"Well, you're being a wise guy with me a little bit, and I understand that's your job," Biden shot back.

The president then blamed inflation on the supply chain. Biden also cited advice from "Nobel laureates" and "corporate leaders," who have allegedly told Biden that inflation "ought to be able to start to taper off as we go through this year."

What did Sellers say?

Speaking on CNN's "New Day," Sellers described Biden's response as "terrible" and flatly said Biden is solely responsible for solving the economy crisis.

"Yeah, it was a terrible answer. And I would tell them that if they were looking me in the face. The fact is that nobody that Scott [Jennings, fellow analys] and I are talking about want to hear what Nobel laureates actually say about the problem," Sellers said. "In fact, in that answer, we would care more about the solutions, or maybe if there are no– look, inflation ain’t caused by Joe Biden."

“We know why we have inflation. Inflation is because we were home for a year. Inflation is because we went through this COVID period. But the problem is yours to fix now," he said toward Biden.

"So, we’d rather get solutions, or simply ‘I feel your pain,’ which is a better answer than whatever economists from Wharton decided to tell whoever," Sellers added.

JUST NOW: @Bakari_Sellers on Biden's answer to @LesterHoltNBC on inflation:\n"Yeah, it was a terrible answer. And I would tell them that if they were looking me in the face. Nobody ...wants to hear what Nobel laureates have to say about the problem."pic.twitter.com/8gRATfLyWC
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What is driving inflation?

The Biden administration has attempted to paint inflation as a positive signal of economic recovery, claiming skyrocketing demand, which the supply chain cannot support, is driving inflation.

However, other experts disagree.

For example, economists with the Federal Reserve attribute inflation, at least in part, to Biden's COVID relief bill. Larry Summers, a Democratic economist who served as treasury secretary for Bill Clinton and a top adviser to Barack Obama, agrees that Biden's policies have worsened inflation.

Economists, unfortunately, forecast that inflation will remain a significant economic problem through the year.

Furious Fauci tells CNN that Fox News should immediately terminate Jesse Watters after 'kill shot' metaphor: 'The guy should be fired on the spot!'



Dr. Anthony Fauci says Fox News should immediately fire host Jesse Watters after he made inflammatory remarks about the infectious diseases expert during a conservative conference this week.

What's a brief history here?

Watters on Monday made a speech at a Turning Point USA conference in which he said that Americans should confront Fauci in public and film it in what he said would be an "ambush" confrontation.

He said, “The kill shot, with an ambush — deadly, 'cause he doesn’t see it coming. This is when you say, ‘Dr. Fauci, you funded risky research at a sloppy Chinese lab, the same lab that sprung this pandemic on the world. You know why people don’t trust you, don’t you?’ Boom, he is dead! He is dead! He’s done!”

“You do that — 30 seconds, it’s all you need. Now you get that footage to us, you get it to Fox ... imagine Tucker Carlson teases that,” he said.

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What are the details?

Fauci told "New Day" co-anchor John Berman on Tuesday that Fox needs to fire Watters over the remarks.

Berman said, "Jesse Watters, who is a Fox News entertainer, was giving a speech to a conservative group where he talked about you and suggested to the crowd that they ambush you with what he said was some kind of rhetorical kill shot. That was his exact word.”

Berman added that he had no intention of running the footage — "because frankly I think it's dangerous" — and added, "I’m wondering, you know, how much that concerns you when you hear language like that about you and your well-being?”

Fauci condemned Watters' remarks as "horrible" and said that they're a mere "reflection of the craziness that goes on in society.”

"The only thing that I had ever done throughout these two years is to encourage people to practice good public health practices, to get vaccinated, to be careful in public settings, to wear a mask," Fauci complained. "And for that, you have some guy out there saying that people should be giving me a kill shot, to ambush me? I mean, what kind of craziness is there in society these days?"

He added, "That’s awful that he said that. And he’s going to go very likely unaccountable. I mean, whatever network he’s on is not going to do anything for him. I mean, that’s crazy. The guy should be fired on the spot!"

Neither Fox News nor Watters have spoken out about Fauci's remarks at the time of this reporting.

"The guy should be fired on the spot," says Dr. Fauci about FOX News entertainer Jesse Waters. \n\nYesterday, Waters told a crowd to "ambush" Dr. Fauci with a "kill shot" so he "doesn't see it coming."pic.twitter.com/GEnuz1BzIO
— Nora Neus (@Nora Neus) 1640090937

Anything else to know?

In 2020, Fauci said that critics have harassed him and his family, including even sending death threats.

At the time he said, "The very fact that a public health message, to save lives, triggers such venom and animosity to me that it results in real and credible threats to my life and my safety ... but it bothers me less than the hassling of my wife and my children.”

Alyssa Milano extends 'olive branch to Trump supporters' — and the left-wing, Trump-despising actress gets totally torched



TheBlaze has kept our dear readers informed of left-wing actress Alyssa Milano's long-waged war against President Donald Trump and conservatives in general over the last several years.

Milano, shall we say, has proven herself frequently brutal — and sometimes a bit hilarious, like the time in 2017 when she was horrified by a department store Christmas elf arrangement showing the little fellas engaged in a Nazi salute:

Just walked into a Christmas store in NY and someone arranged all the elf arms in nazi salutes. I'm sick to my stomach. 💔 #FireBannon
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa Milano)1502669288.0

Of course, when Milano tried to tie the incident to then-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, she got justifiably ripped for it.

Let's see now — what else?

Now what?

After all that and more, Milano tweeted Thursday that she wants to extend an "olive branch to Trump supporters":

I’d like to extend an olive branch to Trump supporters. I am ready to move #ForwardTogether. There’s so much wo… https://t.co/FXH3UB7sFC
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa Milano)1606248888.0

"I am ready to move #ForwardTogether," she added to her tweet. "There's so much work to do to heal the nation. Let's be a part of the solution and not add to the problems we face."

How did folks react?

As you can imagine, among the commenters on Milano's tweet were those who agreed with her but didn't believe it would work, hardcore leftists who wanted no part of reconciliation — and Trump backers who blasted her words:

  • "You condescendingly see people as victims who need saving," TheBlaze's Tarah Price replied. "We see people as capable of fighting their own battles when the government gets out of the way."
  • "You can't s**t on people for 4 years then suddenly reach across the aisle when you think you've won something," author and comedian Tim Young wrote back. "You deserve the same amount of crazy and hate you've contributed to the world."
  • "With all due respect, you're a petulant, hypocritical, self-important twit," professor and evolutionary behavioral scientist Gad Saad replied. "You were hysterical with hate for four years but now you are 'magnanimous'? Move along."
  • "It's amazing and so f***ing condescending how much Dems want to kiss and make up when they're winning," another commenter noted. "I'm guessing if the courts overturn this election, you'll be leading the march with pitch forks and fire."