Two CNBC hosts mocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (R-Mass.) over second quarter economic numbers that were better than anticipated.
Joe Kernen and Rick Santelli bashed the Massachusetts senator who routinely talks about a more dire economic situation now that President Donald Trump is in the Oval Office, the Daily Wire reported.
“The Left, and the people who don’t like the president, and don’t want things to work, you know, like Senator Elizabeth Warren, will come on and say, ‘Inflation is out of control, and the economy is getting killed by what’s happening, by these tariffs!” Kernen said. “This three percent, with the market at new highs — and really, we haven’t seen inflation go up back to three percent, maybe it will this week and we’ll see it.”
“But none of these things, none of these horrible things have happened, but they still talk like it’s happening. It’s amazing!” Kernen said.
Santelli then jumped in.
“There’s an important lesson there,” Santelli said. “Don’t pick a congressman to be your money manager, that’s what I would say. In the end, Congress has their own reasons to point out certain things, and the Democrats, as you pointed out, really don’t want to see the current administration have some success, but there’s no doubt that this is some success.”
“We’re seeing more horsepower, we’re seeing better equities, inflation — inflation really hasn’t changed much in the last year or so,” Santelli added.
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The duo’s mockery played out in real life as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on the Senate floor Wednesday, calling the positive numbers “ominous” that “lurk under the hood,”per the Western Journal.
“Some ominous numbers lurk under the hood. Business investment plunged in the second quarter by 3.1 percent,” Schumer said. “The fact that business investment plunged so starkly is very troubling. It shows that already, businesses are worried about growing their operations.”
“Worried about hiring more workers. Worried about trading with their international partners, and worried, in general, about the future,” he added. “And this number is another datapoint in a larger pattern: Donald Trump’s tariffs are weighing down the U.S. economy, spiking costs for small businesses and families alike.”
“If Donald Trump keeps up the chaos, the dangers for the economy will continue to get worse,” Schumer said.
