During CBS' coverage of Tuesday's election, Margaret Brennan, host of CBS's “Face the Nation” and CBS chief foreign affairs correspondent, said voters in battleground states have seen rents go up since President Joe Biden took office. He said he inaccurately accused them of doing so. There are various factors, but people blame their bosses. ” and noted rising food prices, but said, “We are in the depths of a pandemic that has completely upended the global economic supply chain.”
Brennan said polling data shows Georgia voters are dissatisfied with the economy in polls, after CBS predicted 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump would win Georgia. Given that, this result was perhaps not surprising, he said. ,”[P]That's often what people think of when asked about their financial situation. What am I paying at the grocery store?”
She then added: “Look at this, rents in battleground states have gone up 20% since Biden took office. It’s not because Joe Biden won. Rent prices depend on a variety of factors, but People blame their bosses. Grocery inflation, 22%. We are on the other side of a pandemic that has completely disrupted the global economy's supply chain.”
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