Jean-Pierre dismissed a New York Times article citing former Obama chief strategist and CNN political commentator David Axelrod as calling Biden’s age a “major issue” for a re-election bid, calling the report “rumors – “It is false.” “It’s not what we care about – we care, how do we give back to the American people? How do we improve their lives? That’s what the President is talking about. That’s his focus. And there we are. ‘ to Lemon. “There is something called the Hatch Act and I have to be very careful. What I can say is that the president has repeatedly said he intends to run in 2024 and I have to leave it there,” said Jean Pierre. “All I can say is that the President intends to do what the President plans to do.” The White House spokesman again defended the government’s response to the price increase, publicizing the US Rescue Plan and the bipartisan infrastructure law, and blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine to increase energy and food costs. “This is a president who understands what’s going on around the kitchen table – he grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania – when prices go up a bit, it really hurts families,” he said, adding that Americans “see an economy recovering.” low unemployment. “That’s why we believe we are in a good position to tackle inflation,” he said. “But yes, we understand that people are feeling this, and we have to remember that when we think of gas and food prices, it comes from Putin’s war against Ukraine. “We have seen, since then, an increase of $ 2 per gallon in gas.” Jean-Pierre denied that the government’s efforts to boost the economy had contributed to inflation, telling Lemon: “We do not believe it has happened. They are at the moment; work that is best for most Americans, and that’s what matters, that’s really important. “ He also spoke about the recent agreement reached in principle on gun security legislation in the Senate. “The fact that we have seen these two sides unite, negotiate, legislate at the moment, this is a step forward,” said Jean-Pierre. “And this is what the negotiation looks like – the President will continue to fight and invoke this, the other issues he has proposed.”
