If you were planning on voting against the Democrats next week because their hyper-spending has led to the worst inflation of the last 40 years, you’ve fallen for a GOP scam, MSNBC host Joy Reid suggested on Thursday. Reid weirdly claimed “inflation” was a word that no one other than an economist or journalist had used before this campaign, and it was “taught” to voters by Republicans so it could “wrap around... the reasons they really want to vote.”
A poll released this week showed a whopping 45 percent of registered voters said inflation was their top concern going into the election, which either shows the sinister Republican effort was having great success — or that large numbers of voters are paying attention to how much prices have risen over the past couple of years and are angry about it.
Appearing in Florida to talk about what voters in that state cared about going into the midterms, Reid said she’d never heard anyone “who isn’t an economist or works on CNBC” talk about “inflation,” and that this year’s concerns are created by Republicans:
What they’ve done is they’ve taught people the word ‘inflation.’ Right? Most people who would have never used that word ever in their lives are using it now because they’ve been taught it, including on TV, including in newspapers. They’ve been taught this word. And they sort of wrap this word around... the reasons they really want to vote.
Or maybe Reid is trying to wish the issue away because it’s the worst issue for Democrats in an election-year chock full of bad issues for the party in power. Her party.
Enjoy the full video; transcript below:
MSNBC’s Deadline: White House
November 3, 2022, 5:28pm ETNICOLLE WALLACE: Joy, I’m curious how, you know — what’s notable to me is that Republicans say they’re running on inflation and crime. Republicans have not presented any solutions to their voters on either of those topics and that state’s run by a Republican. So how are those issues playing out there [in Florida]?
JOY REID: You know, what’s so interesting, too, is that I have actually never heard a person who isn’t an economist or works on CNBC — I used to do CNBC a lot as a guest, I used to do Larry Kudlow’s show all the time, a couple times a week — and the only people I ever heard use, ever hear use the word ‘inflation’ are journalists and economists. Right? So that is not part of the normal lexicon of the way people talk.
So it’s interesting that Republicans are doing something they don’t normally do, right? Which is not use the common tongue, right? Not use just common English to, sort of, use, do on their campaigns, like they’re doing with crime. But what they’ve done is they’ve taught people the word ‘inflation.’ Right? Most people who would have never used that word ever in their lives are using it now because they’ve been taught it, including on TV, including in newspapers. They’ve been taught this word. And they sort of wrap this word around whatever it is that they really want to vote — you know, the reasons they really want to vote.
If you'd like to thank them, Reid’s ramblings were sponsored by Progressive insurance.
