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John Cornyn: “Cumulative inflation from the time President Biden took…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 02:06

And there's more we can and should do. But under President Biden, the country experienced, as I said, historic levels of inflation not seen since Jimmy Carter was President of the United States. Cumulative inflation from the time President Biden took office until he left was 20.6%. Stated another way, everything cost more than 20% more from the time President Biden took office to the time he left. (02:06–02:14)

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Asserts that inflation increased by 20.6% during President Biden's term.

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