On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Biden campaign co-chairman Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said President Joe Biden touted infrastructure at a time when people are dealing with inflation. In response to criticism from former chief of staff Ron Klain, he said: “Well, I’m not an economist. I don’t know how these problems actually work.” But people who have jobs because of the infrastructure law are happy, and both sides of the equation aspects should be discussed.
Clyburn said: “Well, I’m not an economist. I don’t know how these issues actually work. But I do know this, that the people who have jobs because of this infrastructure law I know they’re very excited to get back to work. Like the Scout plant in Richland County, South Carolina…and the plant in Berkeley County, South Carolina, these power plants are in their own districts. I know that the people I’ve seen set up in are offering jobs to people who haven’t had a good salary before. I have to talk about my previous jobs, things like that. So , I think we need to do things with a balance in mind. But when I say “is,” you can’t talk about one thing because you’re talking about the other, and that’s the way things are. I don’t know if there is. So when I hear people start talking about the economy and start talking about the stock market and start talking about their 401(k), I tell them, “Do you have his 401(k) that I represent?” Ask about people who don’t. They were looking for a job and now they have a job. How do you balance it? We need to discuss both sides of the equation, not just one side. ”
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