The week in whoppers: The WH’s lame Afghanistan spin, a Fed boss in denial and more

White Home spokesman John Kirby (proper) claimed that nations like Russia and China needed to marvel on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Diary of disturbing disinformation and harmful delusions

This declare:

“Nations like China and Russia took a have a look at what we did in Afghanistan . . . [and] needed to marvel on the pace, the effectivity . . . ”

— Biden spokesman John Kirby, Wednesday

We are saying: Does the White Home actually suppose of us will fall for that lame response to a Pentagon report slamming Crew Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal? The Pentagon believes China used the debacle in its propaganda to “erode” US affect, solid doubt on US-backed “safety partnerships” and recommend the US is a “declining energy.” Certainly, Russian President Vladimir Putin possible noticed it as proof of US weak spot, emboldening him to invade Ukraine.

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This excuse:

“Nobody anticipated inflation to be this sturdy and this persistent.”

— Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Wednesday

Chair of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell claimed that “nobody” anticipated inflation to be as persistent because it has been.

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We are saying: Uh, nobody besides Clinton Treasury secretary and Obama economist Larry Summers, who warned that the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan may ignite “inflationary pressures of a sort we've got not seen in a technology.” And Jason Furman, one other Obama economist who likewise predicted fierce inflation. And consultants like Steve Rattner, Olivier Blanchard and others — plus practically everybody on the best. Really, the principle ones in denial have been President Biden, congressional Dems and other people on the Fed like . . . Powell.

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This remark:

“I don’t suppose we [at CNN] ever have been liberal.”

— CNN anchor Don Lemon, Monday

We are saying:Is he kidding? Lemon was answering TV host Stephen Colbert’s query about whether or not CNN, beneath new boss Chris Licht, could be “liberal anymore” — exhibiting that Colbert (like anybody else who’s ever watched CNN) is aware of the community’s on the left. Certainly, Allsides Media Bias offers CNN its left-most ranking (Fox will get its right-most rank). Different ranking teams, and polls of viewers, have achieved likewise.

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This response:

“[President Biden has] been to the border.”

— WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Wednesday

White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that President Biden has been to the border — regardless of there being no report of the journey happening.

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We are saying: Requested if Biden will take up Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s invitation to tour the border, Jean-Pierre apparently simply made up a solution, claiming the prez has already been there. Besides the White Home has no report of that. Nor did he go to as vp.

— Compiled by The Submit Editorial Board