“I think it’s kind of a fool’s errand.”
Even Joe Biden’s former chief of staff Ron Klain couldn’t calm down on Joe Biden as he hit his former employer for spending too much time inaugurating infrastructure projects while most Americans worry about inflation.
Caught on a hot mic, Klain bemoaned: “I think the president is out there too much talking about bridges.”
“He does two or three events a week where he’s cutting a ribbon on a bridge. And here’s a bridge. Like I tell you, if you go into the grocery store, you go to the grocery store and, you know, eggs and milk are expensive, the fact that there’s a fucking bridge is not [inaudible].
The former chief of staff was a guest speaker for the publication, “Democracy: a Journal of Ideas.”
“He’s not a congressman. He’s not running for Congress,” said Klain.
“I think it’s kind of a fool’s errand. I think that [it] also doesn’t get covered that much because, look, it’s a fucking bridge. Like it’s a bridge, and how interesting is the bridge? It’s a little interesting but it’s not a lot interesting.”
“The president’s most effective economic message is contrasted around whose side are you on and compassion for the [pinch] of family budgets, and his agenda to bring down costs and raise incomes,” blasted Klain.
However, Biden stressed on infrastructure projects in March and went on a multiday tour in Michigan and Wisconsin to announce that the White House is allocating $3.3 billion to construct infrastructure properties for poor communities.
Biden’s grants will fund 132 total projects reaching Los Angeles and Philadelphia, as well as in Birmingham, Alabama; Syracuse, New York; and Toledo, Ohio. For Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, some of the projects are relatively modest and can be completed in “short order,” while others are “massive and ambitious undertakings that will take many years.”
But bridges and infrastructures do not feed the hungry public, as rising costs remain a burden for ordinary people.
Based on the recent consumer price index, inflation rose 0.4 percent in March and 3.5 percent annually, according to Labor Department data released Wednesday.
The former chief of staff had earlier complained about the economy under Biden and pressed that the White House has to do a lot of work to lower the cost of living for the working class.
“Although inflation has moderated, prices are still high, the price of gasoline is still high, other prices are still high, and people feel that pinch,” Klain told MSNBC’s “All In” last week.
“I think the president needs to make more progress on that.”
