White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried to defend President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy by downplaying the results of a Wall Street Journal survey which showed that 83 percent of respondents felt the country’s economy was “poor or not so good.”
When a reporter asked about the survey during a June 7 press briefing, Jean-Pierre said that “we are in a fundamentally different place compared to when the President took office and compared to this time a year ago.” She acknowledged people’s concerns about high prices, insisting that the president understands their situation “very personally.”
“During this presidency, people felt uncertain about the economy generally, but they actually felt as good about their personal financial situations as they ever have, according to the Federal Reserve survey, with nearly 80 percent of adults reporting that they are financially comfortable. So, that matters as well,” she said….