{"id":1501115,"date":"2022-06-02T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501115"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:31:02","slug":"cant-just-blame-the-republicans-rep-ro-khanna-hits-biden-on-inflation-says-u-s-needs-bolder-vision-and-faster-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cant-just-blame-the-republicans-rep-ro-khanna-hits-biden-on-inflation-says-u-s-needs-bolder-vision-and-faster-action\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Can\u2019t Just Blame The Republicans\u2019 \u2014 Rep. Ro Khanna Hits Biden On Inflation, Says U.S. Needs \u2018Bolder Vision And Faster Action\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/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%2Fcant-just-blame-the-republicans-rep-ro-khanna-hits-biden-on-inflation-says-u-s-needs-bolder-vision-and-faster-action%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=1501115&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--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna criticized President Joe Biden\u2019s response to the ongoing inflation in the U.S. and said Democrats cannot just blame Republicans for the baby formula shortage.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/02\/opinion\/inflation-biden-congress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opinion piece<\/a> in The New York Times titled \u201cThere Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices\u201d, Khanna said while he supports Biden\u2019s efforts to combat inflation, the country needs a \u201cbolder vision\u201d and \u201cfaster action.\u201d Khanna also said his party cannot simply attack Republicans for not having a plan.<\/p>\n<p>He also outlines the inflation going on in his district, saying prices of milk are up 38% since 2019 and said Biden should create an emergency task force focused on lowering prices and addressing shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo meet the moment, Mr. Biden should convene an emergency task force empowered to lower prices and address shortages. We need an all-out mobilization, not just a few ad hoc initiatives reacting to headlines,\u201d he wrote in the op-ed.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna said the task force should include Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, along with state and local officials.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7441909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7441909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden holds up a ghost gun kit during an event about gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House April 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere is no patience for incrementalism or political spin about economic numbers in these times. Democrats can\u2019t just blame the Republicans for lacking a plan. People elected us to solve problems. We told them that government could improve their lives and they want to see tangible action, movement and energy out of Washington,\u201d Khanna added.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/ralph-norman-ro-khanna-scrap-act-retirement-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Reps. Norman, Khanna Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Cut Congressional Retirement Benefits)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The California Democrat then mentioned the baby formula shortage and said the Biden administration should finance the production of baby formula at several manufacturers in order to get it back on the shelf in the U.S. Khanna also said the Biden administration should buy \u201csurplus baby formula in large quantities\u201d from Europe, saying \u201cformula safe for babies in Europe is also safe for American babies.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/14\/ro-khanna-twitter-facebook-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna Calls Out Twitter For Trying To Hide Hunter Biden Laptop Story)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted the White House about Khanna\u2019s op-ed to which they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna criticized President Joe Biden\u2019s response to the ongoing inflation in the U.S. and said Democrats cannot just blame Republicans for the baby formula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":2315279,"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-1501115","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\/1501115","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\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}