{"id":891893,"date":"2021-10-17T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T02:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=891893"},"modified":"2021-10-17T22:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T02:29:29","slug":"buttigieg-slammed-for-claiming-supply-chain-clog-caused-by-biden-success-would-make-trump-blush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-slammed-for-claiming-supply-chain-clog-caused-by-biden-success-would-make-trump-blush\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg Slammed For Claiming Supply Chain Clog Caused By Biden Success: Would \u2018Make Trump Blush\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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-slammed-for-claiming-supply-chain-clog-caused-by-biden-success-would-make-trump-blush%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=891893&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>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg faced criticism on Sunday over a remark that he made earlier in the day during a CNN interview where he claimed that the supply chain clog that is currently hitting the U.S. economy is partially due to how \u201csuccessfully\u201d President Joe Biden has managed the economy, despite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/key-inflation-measure-at-highest-level-since-1991-outpacing-income-growth\">skyrocketing<\/a>&nbsp;inflation and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/12\/a-record-4point3-million-workers-quit-their-jobs-in-august-led-by-food-and-retail-industries.html\">millions<\/a>&nbsp;quitting their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg, who has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis\">faced<\/a> criticism recently over the revelation that he has been on paid paternity leave for approximately two months, made the remarks during an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d with host Jake Tapper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you think about those images of ships, for example, waiting at anchor on the West Coast, you know, every one of those ships is full of record amounts of goods that Americans are buying, because demand is up, because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession,\u201d Buttigieg claimed. \u201cNow the issue is, even though our ports are handling more than they ever have, record amounts of goods coming through, our supply chains can\u2019t keep up. And, of course, our supply chains, that\u2019s a complicated system that is mostly in private hands, and rightly so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following are some of the responses to Buttigieg\u2019s claim:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)<\/strong>: \u201cDem talking points: \u2018The supply chain is broken down, goods can\u2019t get in &amp; inflation is skyrocketing\u2026because things are so damn good. And this will continue. By winter, things will be so good\u2026there will be no Christmas presents whatsoever!\u2019 CNN: \u2018Mmm, yes that makes sense\u2026.&#8217;\u201d<strong>Steven Law<\/strong>, CEO of Senate Leadership Fund: \u201cI still can\u2019t [sic] over that\u2014in the middle of a real transportation crisis\u2014Biden\u2019s Transportation Secretary reappears after a lengthy secret leave when literally no one was in charge of DOT to shovel out this drivel on national TV.\u201d<strong>Tim Murtaugh,<\/strong> former Trump campaign spokesman: \u201cSo let\u2019s make sure we understand the spin here. Basically they\u2019re saying that everything sucks because Biden is so awesome.\u201d<strong>Houston Keene<\/strong>, Fox News reporter: \u201cSo let me get this straight: the economy is doing so well that the supply chain is crumbling? That\u2019s not how supply chains work \u2014 that\u2019s how recessions work.\u201d<strong>Josh Kraushaar<\/strong>, National Journal: \u201cPaging fact checkers.\u201d<strong>Greg Pollowitz<\/strong>, Twitchy: \u201cThis is such a bulls*** answer, and I don\u2019t even blame just Biden for what\u2019s going on.\u201d<strong>Geoffrey Ingersoll<\/strong>, The Daily Caller: \u201c\u2018All this terrible s*** is happening because of the president\u2019s huge success\u2019 is bold enough to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg faced criticism on Sunday over a remark that he made earlier in the day during a CNN interview where he claimed that the supply chain clog that is currently hitting the U.S. economy is partially due to how \u201csuccessfully\u201d President Joe Biden has managed the economy, despite\u00a0skyrocketing\u00a0inflation and\u00a0millions\u00a0quitting their jobs.Buttigieg, who has\u00a0faced criticism recently over the revelation that he has been on paid paternity leave for approximately two months, made the remarks during an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d with host Jake Tapper.\u201cAnd if you think about those images of ships, for example, waiting at anchor on the West Coast, you know, every one of those ships is full of record amounts of goods that Americans are buying, because demand is up, because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession,\u201d Buttigieg claimed. \u201cNow the issue is, even though our ports are handling more than they ever have, record amounts of goods coming through, our supply chains can\u2019t keep up. And, of course, our supply chains, that\u2019s a complicated system that is mostly in private hands, and rightly so.\u201dThe following are some of the responses to Buttigieg\u2019s claim:Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): \u201cDem talking points: \u2018The supply chain is broken down, goods can\u2019t get in &#038; inflation is skyrocketing\u2026because things are so damn good. And this will continue. By winter, things will be so good\u2026there will be no Christmas presents whatsoever!\u2019 CNN: \u2018Mmm, yes that makes sense\u2026.&#8217;\u201dSteven Law, CEO of Senate Leadership Fund: \u201cI still can\u2019t [sic] over that\u2014in the middle of a real transportation crisis\u2014Biden\u2019s Transportation Secretary reappears after a lengthy secret leave when literally no one was in charge of DOT to shovel out this drivel on national TV.\u201dTim Murtaugh, former Trump campaign spokesman: \u201cSo let\u2019s make sure we understand the spin here. Basically they\u2019re saying that everything sucks because Biden is so awesome.\u201dHouston Keene, Fox News reporter: \u201cSo let me get this straight: the economy is doing so well that the supply chain is crumbling? That\u2019s not how supply chains work \u2014 that\u2019s how recessions work.\u201dJosh Kraushaar, National Journal: \u201cPaging fact checkers.\u201dGreg Pollowitz, Twitchy: \u201cThis is such a bulls*** answer, and I don\u2019t even blame just Biden for what\u2019s going on.\u201dGeoffrey Ingersoll, The Daily Caller: \u201c\u2018All this terrible s*** is happening because of the president\u2019s huge success\u2019 is bold enough to make Trump blush.\u201dTim Graham, NewsBusters: \u201cMayor Pete is making Biden sound like he\u2019s Han Solo driving the Millennium Falcon.\u201dOmri Ceren, National Security Adviser for Ted Cruz: \u201cI can\u2019t get over this. The most comforting explanation is that Biden officials are \u2013 brazenly, unblinkingly, with full confidence journalists will let them get away with it \u2013 lying about their grip on high school economics. Because the alternatives are really grim.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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