{"id":1583216,"date":"2022-08-01T17:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583216"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:04:40","slug":"wisconsin-dem-blames-inflation-on-unprecedented-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-blames-inflation-on-unprecedented-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Dem Blames Inflation on \u2018Unprecedented Growth\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\">14<\/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%2Fwisconsin-dem-blames-inflation-on-unprecedented-growth%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=1583216&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>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Mandela Barnes won&#8217;t say if U.S. is in recession<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tWisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/alana-goodman\/\" title=\"Posts by Alana Goodman\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Alana Goodman<\/a> \u2022 August 1, 2022 5:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes said the U.S. economy is dealing with &#8220;unprecedented growth,&#8221; and declined to say if the country is in a recession after six months of declining production, during an interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes, the presumptive Democratic nominee, tried to put a positive spin on the grim economic news by blaming U.S. economic problems on job creation and a low unemployment rate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are we in a recession?&#8221; asked a reporter with WKOW-TV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I\u2019ll tell you, we have seen unprecedented growth for a long time right now,&#8221; said Barnes.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he meant by growth, Barnes responded that &#8220;growth is what leads to inflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that\u00a0we&#8217;ve had more job growth, the fact the unemployment rate is so low, the unfortunate reality that oil and gas companies are having record profit years while gas prices continue to rise across the country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes&#8217;s comments come as the Biden administration has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/video-biden-admin-puts-the-spin-on-recession\/\">scrambled<\/a>\u00a0to redefine the term &#8220;recession,&#8221; which has been traditionally characterized by two straight quarters of declining GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes is expected to face off against Republican incumbent senator Ron Johnson in the November election, after clearing the Democratic field last week. The Democratic primary is scheduled for next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes, the current Wisconsin lieutenant governor, has had a rocky start when it comes to public speaking. During a major address last week, he said he was running against &#8220;Scott Walker,&#8221; who he called &#8220;one of the worst senators this state has ever had.&#8221; Walker is the former governor of Wisconsin who left office in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Mandela Barnes won&#8217;t say if U.S. is in recession  Wisconsin Lt. Gov. 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