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‘Tough Economic Love’: CNN Praises Biden’s Callous Answer to Struggling Restaurant Owner

Ben Johnson
‘Tough Economic Love’: CNN Praises Biden’s Callous Answer to Struggling Restaurant Owner
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Even as some commentators called President Joe Biden patronizing and elitist for saying that prices will continue to rise and business owners will continue to struggle to hire workers for the foreseeable future, CNN dubbed the president’s statements an act of “tough economic love” driving home just how important it is that Congress enact his political agenda.

CNN, which hosted a town hall meeting in Ohio last Wednesday night, called the president’s comments on the economy an act of blunt truth-telling. “Politicians are ordinarily wary of bearing bad news. Biden has insisted he won’t sugarcoat the facts,” the story said.

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