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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Obama Shreds Mitch McConnell For Trying To Take Credit For The Economy
While speaking the DNC Winter Meeting, President Obama mocked Mitch McConnell for trying to take credit for the growing economy after he attempted to block every Democratic effort to strengthen the economy.
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Apparently, they dont remember.
But the facts are before us. The economy kept growing. The stock market has more than doubled. Restoring the 401(k)s of millions of people. Our deficits are down by two-thirds.
I always find it curious that when a Democrats president deficits go down. When a Republicans president, deficits are go up.
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Our Republican leader in the Senate as he was coming in after trying to block every single thing that we have done to strengthen the economy starts looking at the job numbers and says, You know, its getting better because we just got elected. People are feeling more optimistic.
Which, ok? I didnt know thats how the economy worked, but maybe? Well call some economists.
The president was right on the money. All of the Republican predictions about the impact of President Obamas policies on the economy were wrong. Republicans predicted that Obamacare would bring about death panels and the collapse of civilization as we know it, and they were wrong.
Republicans predicted that Obamas policies would increase the deficit. Wrong. Republicans predicted that the presidents policies would prevent the economy from growing. That one was really really wrong.
Mitch McConnell deserves to be mocked for trying to take credit for the growth of an economy that he had spent the first six years of the Obama presidency trying to destroy. All of the credit should go to the American people and President Obama for digging the country out of the hole that Republicans caused.
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President Obama Shreds Mitch McConnell For Trying To Take Credit For The Economy (Original Post)
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