Thursday 11 August 2022 08:37 PM Pollster tears into Biden's 'Orwellian' claims that there was 0% inflation in ... trends now
Thursday 11 August 2022 08:37 PM Pollster tears into Biden's 'Orwellian' claims that there was 0% inflation in ... trends now
Pollster tears into Biden's 'Orwellian' claims that there was 0% inflation in July while 70% of Americans have been struggling to make ends meet 'It's cynical. It's a destruction of the meaning of words, it's Orwellian at its worst,' said Frank Luntz 'It plays into our belief that we cant trust our elected officials and can't trust our institutions,' he told CNBC's Squawk Box The latest Consumer Price Index figures showed that prices were up 8.5 percent in July from one year earlier. In June inflation had reached a peak 9.1 percent On a monthly basis, prices were unchanged from June to July, the smallest such rise for more than two years 'Today we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of July,' Biden said Wednesday 'Today we learned that last month our economy had 0% inflation,' Vice President Kamala Harris said. 'It is clear that our nation is making progress'
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A prominent Republican pollster accused the White House of 'Orwellian' tactics by claiming that inflation was 'zero percent' last month because it did not exceed June's record-breaking levels.
'It's cynical. It's a destruction of the meaning of words, it's Orwellian at its worst,' Frank Luntz, who has also been highly critical of former President Trump, said of President Biden's claim.
