Are we headed towards a recession?
‘The Big Saturday Show’ panelists react to a brand new milestone in gasoline costs because the nationwide common for gasoline hits $5 a gallon and President Biden’s continues his ‘blame recreation’ for inflation.
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An MSNBC host deleted his personal Twitter thread this weekend after receiving backlash for taking shot at an area restaurant proprietor who felt the economic system was in recession.
Left-wing host Mehdi Hasan recounted a dialog he had with an area restaurant proprietor, the place he requested in the event that they had been “surviving” because of “pandemic craziness.” The proprietor, in line with Hasan, erroneously informed him that they had been truly struggling as a result of “recession.”
Hasan then added, “There is no recession. The US has been breaking records on growth and jobs. But, y’know, vibes,” he tweeted, with an embarrassed face emoji.
The primetime MSNBC host’s tweet was known as out by journalist Siraj Hashmi on Monday, who compiles a well-liked record of “bad tweets.” While the economic system just isn’t presently in recession, markets tumbled Monday over fears of a looming one, owing to federal interest-rate hikes to gradual the economic system amid persistent, report inflation.
Mehdi Hasan throughout an interview with host Seth Meyers on December 5, 2018 — (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal through Getty Images through Getty Images)
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Many Americans are struggling to maintain up as inflation hit one other 40-year-high, in line with Friday’s report from the Department of Labor. Consumer costs for every thing from lease to groceries to gasoline went up 8.6% in May from one 12 months in the past.
Gas costs additionally surpassed 5 {dollars} a gallon because the nationwide common over the weekend.
After getting criticized for the tweet, the MSNBC journalist admitted to taking it down, two days later.
Ok I quit. Having been dunked on all weekend for utilizing a badly-told private anecdote to attempt & make a degree about how widespread misinformation concerning the economic system is true now, which made me come throughout to some as out-of-touch & insensitive, I deleted the tweet thread. My dangerous.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 12, 2022
“Ok I give up. Having been dunked on all weekend for using a badly-told personal anecdote to try & make a point about how widespread misinformation about the economy is right now, which made me come across to some as out-of-touch & insensitive, I deleted the tweet thread. My bad,” he apologized.
Gas costs have hit a brand new excessive at over 5 {dollars} a gallon. (Megan Myers/Fox News Digital)
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Despite admitting he got here throughout as “out of touch and insensitive,” the MSNBC host doubled down on his flippant response to critics.
“Yes, inflation is high,” he acknowledged however added, “Inflation does *not* equal *recession.*”
To my critics:
1) sure, inflation is excessive. Inflation does *not* equal *recession*.
2) sure many individuals are nonetheless struggling in America. They at all times have been. That’s *not* a recession. And for those who care about struggling Americans, be a part of me in backing M4A and the next minimal wage.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 11, 2022
Hasan once more dismissed Americans struggling because of excessive costs, arguing there have “always” been folks struggling, however that did not imply the nation was going by means of a recession both.
He additionally pushed for Medicare for all and elevating the minimal wage, earlier than touting job development as an indication the economic system was doing properly.
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I do assume we must always be capable of level out that there isn’t a recession, that inflation doesn’t equal a recession, & that the US economic system is performing properly on jobs and development, with out being accused of being Marie Antoinette, however nonetheless, that’s on me as a communicator to do higher.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 12, 2022
The inflation price hit one other 40-year excessive in May, elevating the prices of lease, groceries, and gasoline.
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In a follow-up tweet, Hasan slammed the concept the economic system was worse off than it was two years in the past as a “right-wing misinformation campaign.”
Hasan is not the one one to insist the economic system is doing properly.
Last week, former Alabama Democratic senator Doug Jones additionally praised President Biden for “saving” the economic system in the course of the coronavirus pandemic and claimed it was “really not doing too bad at all.”
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A new Quinnipiac University ballot ranked inflation as probably the most pressing problem dealing with the nation at the moment.