Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Stephanie Ruhle had a mini-meltdown over President Joe Biden not selling his “economic wins” during his State of the Union address. She worried that if Biden and the Democrats don’t start selling how great the economy is, Democrats will lose in this year’s midterm elections.
During extended coverage of Biden’s address, Ruhle turned to guest and former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) to ask if she thinks Biden “needs to do more talking about those economic wins.” Ruhle continued making her point, getting more and more frustrated as she went on:
You know because inflation is such a problem, oftentimes, it seems like Democrats are afraid to talk about how strong the economy is because they don't want to be insensitive to people who are left out. But the thing is, if they do not sell their wins, they can't win in the midterms, and then they can’t help anyone.
An equally frustrated McCaskill complained that “Democrats are very bad at being repetitive and disciplined on message." "This President, in one year, created more jobs than any President in the history of the United States of America,” she falsely claimed, doing the work for Biden.
“Say it over and over and over again. Real wages are up, saving is up. Yes, there is inflation, but overall, if you don't remind people how much better it is now than it was before, then you leave the field open for the Republicans to distort and not tell the truth” McCaskill continued, remarking that Democrats “get distracted by wanting to do so much, for so many, instead of keeping it simple and making sure voters understand who is really in their corner.”
Earlier in the night, on NBC’s State of the Union coverage, where she's supposed to be a straight news person, Ruhle was on to comment about Biden’s speech and made similar comments which show they weren’t a rage-filled gaffe:
After Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynold's response, NBC's Stephanie Ruhle defends Biden on the economy by falsely claiming he created 6.5 million jobs. She goes on to whine about Reynolds talking about inflation because people already know about it. pic.twitter.com/iw7u8uxsYH
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Most bizarrely, Ruhle falsely claimed that the economy under Biden created 6.5 million jobs. Ruhle once again hit Republicans for bringing up the rampant inflation that American consumers are suffering from claiming Republicans “didn’t even need to do that” because “the American people are feeling it every single day.”
Ruhle and her fellow Democrats can continue gaslighting Americans into believing the economy is doing great all they want, but voters know the truth. And if her performance here is any indication of how she will be when she takes over on the 11th Hour on MSNBC, it is not going to go over well.
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MSNBC’s State of the Union Analysis
3/2/2022
12:13:07 a.m. EasternSTEPHANIE RUHLE: Claire, do you think when it comes to the voter, the President, and this administration -- needs to do more talking about those economic wins. You know, because inflation is such a problem, oftentimes, it seems like Democrats are afraid to talk about how strong the economy is, because they don't want to be insensitive to people who are left out. But the thing is, if they do not sell their wins, they can't win in the midterms, and then they can’t help anyone.
CLAIRE MCCASKILL: This is not complicated. The Democrats are very bad at being repetitive and disciplined on message. This President, in one year, created more jobs than any President in the history of the United States of America. Say it over and over and over again. Real wages are up, saving is up. Yes, there is inflation, but overall, if you don't remind people how much better it is now than it was before, then you leave the field open for the Republicans to distort and not tell the truth. Like frankly the Governor of Iowa did tonight. She -- distorted the economic record of this President and he brought down the deficit. So all of this is really important for them to just keep hammering over and over again. They get distracted by wanting to do so much, for so many, instead of keeping it simple and making sure voters understand who is really in their corner.
