CNBC’s Joe Kernen shut down Democratic New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer on Monday after he awkwardly tried to dodge a tough question on “Bidenomics.”
Biden’s approval rating hit 41% in late June, nearly the lowest during his presidency, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll had a +/- 3 percentage point margin of error. Respondents cited the economy and high inflation rates as their top concern.
“There’s a piece in The Journal today that says ‘Bidenomics throws free trade and free market capitalism under the bus in favor of centralized government controls.’ You saw the budget that the president wasn’t going to get anywhere, but you saw it it was almost — I mean a lot of tax hikes. Do you have any problems with any of this, with what you’re watching are you allowed to say if you do as a Democrat? Do you think — why do you think the country —” Kernen asked.
