DOUBLING DOWN: Joe Biden Peddles Administration's Talking Points on Not Seeing a Recession

Rebecca Downs / Townhall Tipsheet

 

On Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden took questions from the press, including from Fox News' Peter Doocy, in pointing out that GDP numbers will be coming in on Thursday, asked "how worried should Americans be that we could be in a recession." With a smile on his face as Doocy asked his question, Biden doubled down on his administration's talking points by claiming he doesn't think we will be in a recession.

"We're not gonna be in a recession in my way," Biden claimed. "We, uh, the unemployment rate is still one of the lowest we've had in human history, it's in the 3.6 [percent] area, uh, we still find ourselves with people investing. Uh, my hope is that we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth, and, uh, so we'll see some coming down. But I don't think we're going to, uh, God willing, I don't think we're going to see a recession." 

This has been a consistent narrative from the White House, as it has sought to change the definition of what a recession is, which is typically thought of as two quarters of negative GDP growth. Read more and see videos and tweets here.

The Jaw-Dropping Number of Illegal Immigrant ‘Got Aways’ Under Biden’s Watch 

Julio Rosas – Townhall Tipsheet

 

With the Biden administration’s open border policies in full swing, the number of illegal immigrant “got aways” has escalated further. On Monday, the number of people who were known to illegally enter the country but were not intercepted by law enforcement was unveiled to be over 500,000.

Known as “got aways,” sources within the Department of Homeland Security told different reporters about the drastic increase of “got aways” this fiscal year. 

Since fiscal year 2021, which was marked by the start of the Biden presidency, there have been close to one million known “got aways.” Law enforcement agencies at the southern stress these numbers are only the ones who are known to have been able to avoid apprehension and the real number of “got aways” are estimated to be much higher. Because they are not intercepted by law enforcement, it is hard to say definitively who has been able to get away since Border Patrol agents have been bogged…Read more here.

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