Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) sparred with the co-hosts of the Breakfast Club podcast about the inflation the United States is dealing with, arguing that Vice President Kamala Harris is the cause of it.
Donalds discussed how the increased cost of living has affected everyone, citing Harris as the tiebreaking vote on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and that this caused inflation. This prompted Breakfast Club guest-host Angela Rye to object, leading to a back-and-forth interruption between her and the Florida congressman.
Then, Donalds mentioned that Larry Summers, former President Bill Clinton’s treasury secretary and former President Barack Obama’s economic adviser, warned in a 2021 op-ed that the American Rescue Plan would create “a massive inflation” that had not been seen in a generation.
“Well, guess what? Larry Summers was correct,” Donalds said. “You know who also was correct, Angela? I was. Because I was in the budget committee when they brought the bill, and I said in that committee, ‘It’s going to cause massive inflation.’ That’s what happened.”
On Mar 4, 2021, Kamala cast the TIE-BREAKING vote on the $1.9T American Rescue Plan.
Democrat economists warned her it would cause inflation.
And it did..
It caused 20+% inflation.
It created a cost-of-living crisis.
It crushed hardworking Americans.Kamala broke our economy. pic.twitter.com/Zhu5QKLUNo
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) October 1, 2024
Donalds argued the problem with the economy is that the price of everyday goods has gone up “massively” and that wages adjusted for inflation are down at the same time. He said that the 2024 presidential election, in a little more than a month, could elect the architect of the nation’s current economy.
The Florida congressman pitched a hypothetical scenario to co-host DJ Envy, asking him if he would hire someone who broke a house to fix more houses. Donalds concluded that this is “exactly” the choice voters face with this election, stating that Harris “broke the economy.”
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Last month, Breakfast Club host Charlamagne tha God criticized Harris for largely avoiding the press in her presidential run, which she launched in July after President Joe Biden bowed out of his reelection bid. Charlamagne contended that while he hopes Harris beats former President Donald Trump come November, she needed to take a page out of Trump’s book and speak to more voters.
While Trump has consistently polled better than Harris among voters with the economy, the vice president has steadily made ground on this topic. Recent polling data indicated that Trump had a 6-point lead over Harris on the economy, with previous data showing the former president ahead by 13 points.