Karoline Leavitt: “The Democrats may have permanently damaged the federal…”

“The Democrat shutdown made it extraordinarily difficult for economic economists, investors and policymakers at the Federal Reserve to receive critical government data. The Democrats may have permanently damaged the federal statistical system with October CPI and jobs reports likely never being released. And all of that economic data released will be permanently impaired, leaving our policymakers at the Fed flying blind at a critical period. It's hard to recap all of this without asking a simple why.” (27:44–27:53)

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