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Markwayne Mullin: “Biden was handed an inflation rate of 1.4%. He ran it up to…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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In some ways, he sounded like former President Biden trying to tell people that things actually aren't as expensive as they know them to be. Well, think about that if you want to really break that down. Biden was handed an inflation rate of 1.4%. He ran it up to 9.1%. He averaged 5%. The inflation is down now by 2 point or 2.5%. So prices have came down. Prices are still going down. Eggs have gone down at about 3%. (03:19–03:27)

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Asserts that Biden inherited an inflation rate of 1.4%, increased it to 9.1%, and averaged 5%.

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