Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) slammed President Joe Biden's economic policies by saying citizens should not have to take money out of a retirement account early to be able to afford groceries.
The Louisiana Republican's remarks come as a Rasmussen poll showed only 37% of voters rate the economy as good or excellent. Kennedy summed up "Bidenomics" as "bigger government, more spending, and higher prices," while speaking Tuesday on Fox News's The Faulkner Focus.
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"I’m also sorry that the American people are going through Bidenomics. Bidenomics is pretty simple, it is just bigger government, more spending, and higher prices. And I’ve said this before, in Louisiana, inflation is gutting my people like a fish. My people are getting really good at barely getting by. And in America you shouldn’t have to take an early distribution from your retirement account or sell blood plasma in order to go to the grocery store," Kennedy said.
"President Biden is out there saying prices are high and your 401k is crashing because the economy is so good. He just doesn’t get it. And that’s why he is polling up there right up there with — I don’t know, with a fungal infection," he added.
The Louisiana Republican also called inflation a "cancer on the American dream" and said that inflation has caused Biden to be "as popular as robocalls.
"Even if inflation goes to zero tomorrow, we are still going to be stuck with these higher prices, which are a direct result of President Biden’s economic policy. And do the people around the White House get it? I think some get it but they can’t defend it. Others just feel like their favorite form of spending which is causing this inflation is more. And they don’t get it. But either way, this inflation is a cancer on the American dream," Kennedy said.
"I know President Biden wants to change the subject in the election to President Trump and his indictments but if you ask me to single out one thing that is causing President Biden, as I said, to be about as popular as robocalls, it is inflation," Kennedy added.
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The White House has touted Biden's economic policy during his 2024 reelection campaign but voters still have their doubts. The Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday shows 47% of voters, a plurality, give the economy a "poor" rating.
Biden was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday as part of his ongoing pitch for "Bidenomics" ahead of the presidential election next year.