Buttigieg: Supply Chain Clog Happening In Part Because Biden Has ‘Successfully Guided This Economy’

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Daily Wire Staff




Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg claimed during a CNN interview on Sunday that the supply chain crisis facing the U.S. right now is in part due to how “successfully” President Joe Biden has managed the economy, despite skyrocketing inflation and millions quitting their jobs.

Buttigieg, who has faced criticism recently over the revelation that he has been on paid paternity leave for approximately two months, made the remarks during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper.

“We’re seeing major supply chain disruption in the U.S. right now, causing everything from higher prices to longer waits for products,” Tapper said. “Moody’s warns that these supply chain disruptions ‘will get worse before they get better.’ Do Americans need to prepare ourselves for this to get worse before it gets better?”

“Well, certainly, a lot of the challenges that we have been experiencing this year will continue into next year,” Buttigieg said. “But there are both short-term and long-term steps that we can take to do something about it. Look, part of what’s happening isn’t just the supply side. It’s the demand side. Demand is off the charts. Retail sales are through the roof.”

“And if you think about those images of ships, for example, waiting at anchor on the West Coast, you know, every one of those ships is full of record amounts of goods that Americans are buying, because demand is up, because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession,” Buttigieg claimed. “Now the issue is, even though our ports are handling more than they ever have, record amounts of goods coming through, our supply chains can’t keep up. And, of course, our supply chains, that’s a complicated system that is mostly in private hands, and rightly so.”

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