Republicans have spent the better part of the past year arguing that the efforts by President Joe Biden have made the economy worse. In fact, by every measure, things have significantly increased.
MSNBC reported last week that the positive economic turn has forced the GOP to change their language for the 2024 campaign season.
Wall Street Journal associate editor John Bussey told Fox viewers that the top issue in 2024 will likely be the economy, and Joe Biden is winning.
He explained that the voters have largely blamed Biden for inflation caused by the pandemic.
"How that vote — how that concern is going to change now that you have a robust economy," Bussey continued as host Eric Shawn nodded. He cited "3.3 percent GDP growth in the fourth quarter, an incredible gangbusters jobs numbers this past Friday. Inflation has been slashed. That message — you know, you and I follow it because we're in the news business, but it takes several months for the electorate, which is busy with its jobs and other responsibilities, to get the word that the economy is actually quite robust."
Shawn agreed, saying that Democrats argue that the message hasn't gotten across to voters yet. He cited "the success of the economy, the record employment rate, as well as the bills that the president has been able to pass."
Bussey said that there are still many more months for that message to get through and it likely will before the election.
In an interview as late as last month, Donald Trump said he was hoping the economy would crash so that he could use it against Biden in the election. He went on to say he didn't want to be "Herbert Hoover," the president blamed for the 1929 crash that led to the Great Depression. Approximately 11 million jobs were lost under Hoover, while 22 million were lost under Trump during the 2020 pandemic.
See the discussion in the video below or at the link here.
Fox host agrees the Biden economy is going 'gangbusters'youtu.be
