Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) lit into Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Tuesday after Hassett suggested that consumer pain from the Iran war was “really the last of our concerns” — a comment that appalled MS NOW.
The broadside came during an appearance on “The Weeknight,” where anchor Alicia Menendez played a clip of Hassett dismissing the economic impact of a prolonged Iran conflict during a CNBC appearance earlier in the day.
“If it were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all,” Hassett said. “It would hurt consumers and we’d have to think about, you know, if that continued, what we would have to do about that. But that’s like really the last of our concerns right now.”
The flippant remark stunned co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend.
“Wait — are consumers not part of the US economy?” she shot back. “Consumers are the last of their concerns right now. It’s like – oh this comms job, they don’t – oof. It’s a tough day at work. Every day.”
Moskowitz was also taken aback.
“I mean you’re looking at me, these were the people who said affordability was a hoax for a couple of months until someone showed the president the polling on that,” he said.
Moskowitz rattled off a list of costs already hitting Americans: gas prices up 70 cents per gallon, airline prices rising 30%, and food costs climbing as fuel expenses get passed down the supply chain.
“I don’t know if the administration wants to get back to the talking point that prices don’t matter, it’s a hoax. You know, everything is going to be fine, pay no attention when you get the bill in the mail,” he said.
Moskowitz warned that messaging didn’t work for Democrats under the Biden administration, and it won’t work this year.
“You can’t tell people how to feel when they see they can’t afford to live,” Moskowitz concluded. “But hey, look, let them try it. Let that be the message all the way to November, okay? Kevin, keep at that!”
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