A U.S. senator from Tennessee is hammering President Joe Biden and the Democrat Party on the economy – particularly skyrocketing inflation – ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn has been focused on the topic all week.
“Companies are laying off employees, and unemployment increased to 3.7% last month,” she said Friday on Twitter, using the hashtag #BidenRecession.
Companies are laying off employees, and unemployment increased to 3.7% last month. #BidenRecession
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) November 4, 2022
“Thanks to Biden’s student loan forgiveness, inflation will worsen. What will it take for Biden to put hardworking Americans first?” Blackburn said in a Thursday tweet.
Thanks to Biden’s student loan forgiveness, inflation will worsen.
What will it take for Biden to put hardworking Americans first?
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) November 3, 2022
The real threat to Americans is Joe Biden’s presidency. Inflation has reached a historic 40-year high, and families are struggling to put food on the table,” she said Wednesday.
The real threat to Americans is Joe Biden’s presidency.
Inflation has reached a historic 40-year high, and families are struggling to put food on the table.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) November 3, 2022
In a second Tweet on the subject from that day, she added that “Joe Biden is beyond desperate to talk about anything other than the historic 40-year high inflation he’s caused.”
Joe Biden is beyond desperate to talk about anything other than the historic 40-year high inflation he’s caused.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) November 2, 2022
Blackburn’s office did not return a Friday comment request from The Tennessee Star.
The economy is a top voting issue for Americans this year.
A shocking Harvard/Harris Poll survey conducted in August showed that Americans, including Democrats, are displeased with the state of economic affairs.
Notably, Americans believe the following, according to the poll:
- 55% of Americans blame Biden for inflation – including 42% of Democrats.
- 58% are not confident in the Biden administration’s ability to keep inflation at bay.
- Americans are worried about the Fed: 74% think the Fed will cause a recession.
- 84% of voters think the US is in a recession now or will be in one by next year.
“Biden continues to struggle on the economy, which is the key issue: 84% of Americans think the US is in a recession now or will be by next year, and 58% are not confident in Biden’s ability to hold inflation at bay,” the poll said.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Marsha Blackburn” by Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
