Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa recently denied a link between government spending under President Biden's administration and the skyrocketing rate of inflation sweeping across the U.S. economy.
Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa denied a link between government spending under President Biden's administration and the skyrocketing rate of inflation sweeping across the U.S. economy during a recent interview.with local radio station KNIA-KRLS last week, Axne was asked whether she believed the unprecedented inflation in the U.S. economy was linked to the White House's spike in spending during and after the pandemic.
"The facts are that although there is inflation, it isn’t just because of – you can’t ever just – listen, I wouldn’t blame inflation on President Trump, and I’m not going to blame it on President Biden," Axne told host Bob Leonard. "To do so is so shortsighted and doesn’t look at the reality of things.""It was decades of moving products out of our country from – you know, from creating them here," Axne continued.
"Absolutely we’re going to see this. So let’s fix it. Let’s not just sit there and say, ‘Oh, you know, we’ve got this problem.’ Let’s talk about the solutions, and that’s what the president did last night, and I’m proud to be a part of it," she concluded.
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