Sen. John Kennedy Jokes About What Biden Might Blame Inflation on Next

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is taking a shot at President Joe Biden for apparently shifting blame for 📈Inflation.

During an appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity” Wednesday night, Kennedy said, “📈Inflation…is the most pernicious tax imaginable. And the 📈Inflation we have right now is a direct result of ‘Bidenomics.'”

“President Biden has blamed it on everything but what really caused it. He’s blamed it on the war with Putin. He’s blamed it on 🏛️Congress. He’s blamed it on unemployment. He’s blamed it on greedy businesswomen,” he continued.

Kennedy went on:

“It wouldn’t surprise me if President Biden stood up tomorrow and said ‘I’ve discovered the origin of 📈Inflation: It originated in a bat.'”

Finally, he said, “The truth of the matter is that what pushed us into 📈Inflation was the $1.9 trillion so-called Covid bill that was really nothing but the Green New Deal and welfare.”

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Kennedy’s comments about 📈Inflation originating in a bat appear to refer to the World Health Organization’s belief that COVID-19 originated in a bat and was not the result of a lab leak.

Some scientists are reluctant, however, to rule out the possibility that the virus leaked from a lab in China.

In February, inflation hit a 7.9% annual rate, marking a 40-year high.

After the 📈Inflation report was released, Biden said in a statement, “Today’s 📈Inflation report is a reminder that Americans’ budgets are being stretched by price increases and families are starting to feel the impacts of Putin’s price hike.”

“A large contributor to 📈Inflation this month was an increase in gas and energy prices as markets reacted to Putin’s aggressive actions,” he continued.

Biden added, “As I have said from the start, there will be costs at home as we impose crippling sanctions in response to Putin’s unprovoked war, but Americans can know this: the costs we are imposing on Putin and his cronies are far more devastating than the costs we are facing.”

Kennedy blamed 📈Inflation on Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package that was passed last year.

However, Reuters notes, “The annual 📈Inflation rates for dozens and dozens of goods routinely purchased by American households – including food – were already at their highest levels in a decade before Biden entered the White House.”

“That’s in large part because of the COVID-19 relief spending enacted under Republican Donald Trump’s administration with overwhelming Republican support in the Senate,” it added.