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THE PUTIN WHAT NOW? Fed Chair Breaks With Biden Narrative, Admits Inflation Bad Before Ukraine

posted by Hannity Staff - 6.22.22

Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) got the answer he was looking for while questioning Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a recent Senate Banking Committee hearing. In particular, Hagerty had questions about the Biden Administration’s Putin Price Hike narrative.

“I realize there are a number of factors that play a role in those historic inflation that we’re experiencing — supply chain disruptions, regulations that constrain supply, we’ve got rising inflation expectations and excessive fiscal spending, but the problem hasn’t sprung out of nowhere,” Hagerty said.

“In January of 2021, inflation was at 1.4%. By December of 2021, it had risen to 7% — a fivefold increase. Now, since the war in Ukraine began in late February, the rate of inflation has risen incrementally another 1.6% to a current level of 8.6%. So again, from 7% to 8.6%,” Hagerty continues.

Then, Hagerty asked Powell, “Given how inflation has escalated over the past 18 months, would you say that the war in Ukraine is the primary driver of inflation in America?”

“No, inflation was high before — certainly before the war in Ukraine broke out,” Powell said.

“I’m glad to hear you say that,” Hagerty replied. “The Biden administration seems to be intent on deflecting blame and as recently as just this past Sunday spread the misinformation that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the ‘biggest single driver of inflation.’ I’m glad you agree with me that that is not the truth.”

Watch the clip above.

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