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Kevin Hern: “When the Democrats took over, inflation was 1.9%…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Hern Joins News Nation to Discuss Jobs and Employment

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

It takes a little while to get everything put back to where it was. You know, we talk about the inflation when Fed chairman said it was transitory, as you just mentioned. You know, when, When the Democrats took over, inflation was 1.9% unemployment down in the threes. And then we had this thing that came along that Joe Biden started spending money that we didn't have and things that we didn't need. (00:47–00:53)

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Asserts that inflation was 1.9% and unemployment was in the 3% range when Democrats took over.

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