{"id":1477264,"date":"2022-05-16T19:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T23:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477264"},"modified":"2022-05-16T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T23:14:43","slug":"new-white-house-press-secretary-spends-first-day-spinning-bidens-claim-that-higher-taxes-will-help-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-white-house-press-secretary-spends-first-day-spinning-bidens-claim-that-higher-taxes-will-help-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"New White House Press Secretary Spends First Day Spinning Biden\u2019s Claim That Higher Taxes Will Help Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-white-house-press-secretary-spends-first-day-spinning-bidens-claim-that-higher-taxes-will-help-inflation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-30-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Meet the new White House press secretary, same as the old White House press secretary \u2014 at least in terms of her ability to spin words and dodge answering questions.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre began her first day by rebuffing several questions about how higher taxes would drive down costs and help the American people with nonsensical answers. She chose instead to ramble about how wealthy people paying their fair share was \u201cimportant,\u201d touching upon equity in the tax code, and even referencing global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 White House Correspondent Peter Doocy read Jean-Pierre a recent tweet from Biden\u2019s Twitter account word for word, which stated, \u201cYou want to bring down inflation? Let\u2019s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter followed that with a simple question: \u201cHow does raising taxes on corporations reduce inflation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Viewers knew they were in for a treat with Jean-Pierre\u2019s response when she began her response by asking a question of her own. \u201cUm, so \u2026 are you talking about a specific tweet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doocy then read the tweet again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook you know, we have talked about this, we have talked about this, this past year, about making sure that the wealthiest among us are paying their fair share. And that is important to do and it is something that the president has been working on every day, when we talk about inflation and lowering cost,\u201d Jean-Pierre stammered (ums and ahs edited out for clarity).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it is very important as we are seeing costs rise, as we are talking about how to, you know, build an America that is safe, that\u2019s equal for everyone and doesn\u2019t leave everyone\u00a0behind, that is an important part as well,\u201d she tried to explain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOOCY: &#8220;The President&#8217;s Twitter account posted the other day\u2026How does raising taxes on corporations reduce inflation?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KJP: &#8220;Um, so\u2026Are you talking about a specific tweet?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHl0rGWEsY\">pic.twitter.com\/oHl0rGWEsY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1526289639685951495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jean-Pierre repeated the word \u201cimportant\u201d three times \u2014 although she did not explain at any point <em>why\u00a0<\/em>it was important.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy asked a follow-up question. \u201cBut how does raising taxes on corporations lower the cost of gas, the cost of using a car, or the cost of food for everyday Americans?\u201d he inquired.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre\u2019s answer was more perplexing than the first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo look you know, I think we encourage those who have done very well, especially those who care about climate change, to support a fair tax code that does not charge manufacturers, workers, cops, builders a higher percentage of their earnings, that the most fortunate people in our nation, and not let that stand in the way of reducing energy costs and fighting existential problems, if you think about that as an example.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo support basic collective bargaining rights as well,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat\u2019s also important. But look you know, it is \u2026 without having a fair tax code, which is what I am talking about, then, like manufacturer workers, cops,\u00a0 you know, it is not fair for them to have to pay higher taxes than the folks who are not paying taxes at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that have to do with inflation?\u201d Doocy asked, before repeating the president\u2019s tweet a third time.<\/p>\n<p>Her flummoxed response can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;How does raising taxes on corporations lower the cost of gas, the cost of a used car, the cost of food for everyday Americans?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Climate change <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7FlGznijZB\">pic.twitter.com\/7FlGznijZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1526289658967097345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As pointed out by The Washington Free Beacon\u2019s Bill McMorris, Jean-Pierre was not thinking on her feet here. She was reading a script. The White House had to anticipate these sorts of questions were coming and they still could not put together a coherent response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scariest part is that she\u2019s reading,\u201d McMorris said. \u201cThis is actually the best they could do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The scariest part is that she&#8217;s reading. This is actually the best they could do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y9mIj0fdg6\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y9mIj0fdg6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBillMcMorris\/status\/1526306225595551744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We never got an answer as to why the president thinks higher taxes will lower inflation. As explained by billionaire Jeff Bezos, we also won\u2019t see any economic relief in the United States economy from that sort of policy either.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Bezos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/look-a-squirrel-jeff-bezos-hammers-biden-again-for-third-time-in-less-than-a-week\">explained<\/a>, the U.S. government should focus on lowering federal spending to reduce inflation.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the new White House press secretary, same as the old White House press secretary \u2014 at least in terms of her ability to spin words and dodge answering questions.On<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1483342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}