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Care for another margarita? It will cost you double.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a jab at White House press secretary Jen Psaki in a new inflation-themed video on National Margarita Day on Tuesday.
The video opens with a clip from Psaki’s Jan. 21 interview, in which the press secretary offered advice to Americans who were “frustrated” and “angry.”
INFLATION ACCELERATES 7.5% IN JANUARY, HITTING A FRESH 40-YEAR HIGH
“My advice to everyone out there who is frustrated, sad, angry, p—ed off, feel those emotions, go to a kickboxing class, have a margarita, do whatever you need to do this weekend, and then wake up on Monday morning, we’ve got to keep fighting,” Psaki says.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks at a news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.
(Associated Press)
The camera pans to DeSantis, who is watching Psaki from a Florida bar with a margarita before him.
“Having a margarita is well and good, but it is not a cure for Bidenflation,” the governor says.
Fastest since 1982
The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 7.5% in January from 2021, marking the fastest increase since February 1982, when inflation hit 7.6%. The Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan group at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, found that only households with $100,000 or more in income saw their annual wage income rise by significantly more than consumption costs in 2021.
Companies across various industries are hiking prices to keep up with increased costs. Dollar Tree announced it would sell products at prices above $1 to keep up with rising inflation and shipping costs.
Critics of the Biden administration claim that profligate federal spending has triggered this inflation. Larry Kudlow boiled it down to three factors: “Too much spending, too many incentives not to work and produce, and too much money creation.”
The White House maintained that Biden’s Build…
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