{"id":1505402,"date":"2022-06-06T13:21:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505402"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:21:26","slug":"buttigieg-claims-gops-solution-to-inflation-is-going-to-war-with-mickey-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-claims-gops-solution-to-inflation-is-going-to-war-with-mickey-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg Claims GOP\u2019s Solution to Inflation Is \u201cGoing to War With Mickey Mouse\u201d"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbuttigieg-claims-gops-solution-to-inflation-is-going-to-war-with-mickey-mouse%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=1505402&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--><\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;The first is to recognize this is a real challenge that we are all facing&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div id=\"authorDate\">\n<p>\u00a0on&#038;nbsp6th June 2022 @ 2.00pm <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure title=\"&#039;There is a very clear difference in strategies here against some very challenging economic problems,&#039; Buttigieg said\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>&#8216;There is a very clear difference in strategies here against some very challenging economic problems,&#8217; Buttigieg said<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has claimed that the GOP&#8217;s answer to inflation is <em>\u201cgoing to war with Mickey Mouse.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Sunday on ABC\u2019s <em>\u201cThis Week,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0anchor George Stephanopoulos said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou\u2019re a veteran of the presidential campaign trail. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;What\u2019s your advice to those facing voters this year in the face of those high prices?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe first is to recognize this is a real challenge that we are all facing and that families are feeling that pain, and we\u2019re acting on it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure title=\"The economy and inflation are top of mind for voters ahead of the 2022 midterms\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Buttigieg-Struggling-Families-Worried-about-Gas-Prices-Should-Buy-an-Electric-Car.jpg\" alt=\"the economy and inflation are top of mind for voters ahead of the 2022 midterms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>The economy and inflation are top of mind for voters ahead of the 2022 midterms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8220;But, look, the bottom line is there are two very clear and very different approaches here<em>,&#8221;<\/em><\/em>\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There\u2019s our approach which is to find solutions to invest in our supply chains like we\u2019re doing with the infrastructure money certainly in my department and in others to do everything that we can to lower costs for American families like the cost of insulin and prescription drugs.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThen there\u2019s the other path that the congressional conservatives have put forward, which doesn\u2019t really speak much to inflation,&#8221;<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It is raising taxes on lower and middle-class families, making a lot of political hay out of the very real challenges that families are feeling and going to war with Mickey Mouse,&#8221;<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So there is a very clear difference in strategies here against some very challenging economic problems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/inflation-president-bidens-top-economic-priority-pete-buttigieg\/story?id=85182474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News\/Ipsos poll<\/a> shows the economy and inflation are top of mind for voters ahead of the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Only 37% of Americans approve of Biden&#8217;s handling of the economic recovery, according to the poll.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"The current inflation rate is at 8.3%, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/biden-electric-car-company-paid-white-house-lobbyist-1181121.jpg\" alt=\"the current inflation rate is at 8 3   according to the most recent data from the bureau of labor statistics\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>The current inflation rate is at 8.3%, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/inflation-president-bidens-top-economic-priority-pete-buttigieg\/story?id=85182474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> report:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The current inflation rate is at 8.3%, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An updated number will be released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices &#8211; at a record-high after increasing for months &#8211; are also a concern. Heading into the summer travel season, the current nationwide average is about $4.84 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>About two months ago, Biden announced plans to release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the strategic petroleum reserve, saying at the time that he expected this to bring down gas prices.<\/p>\n<p>But Stephanopoulos on Sunday pressed Buttigieg, saying the move <em>&#8220;hasn&#8217;t made any difference at all.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>He asked: <em>&#8220;Was that a failure?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s correct to say it hasn&#8217;t made any difference at all,&#8221;<\/em> Buttigieg responded.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This is an action that helped to stabilize global oil prices.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/17562-buttigieg-struggling-families-worried-about-gas-prices-should-buy-an-electric-car-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[READ MORE] Buttigieg: Struggling Families Worried about Gas Prices Should &#8216;Buy an Electric Car&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The first is to recognize this is a real challenge that we are all facing&#8217; \u00a0on&#038;nbsp6th June 2022 @ 2.00pm   \u00a9\u00a0press &#8216;There is a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"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-1505402","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\/1505402","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505402\/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=1505402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}