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Hewitt: Harris Took 25 Days To Come Up With Economic Policy That ‘Failed 50 Years Ago’

Charlie Kirk Staff

08/17/2024

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Hewitt: Harris Took 25 Days To Come Up With Economic Policy That ‘Failed 50 Years Ago’

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrat nominee for president, may have been too confident in her sudden popularity, and she announced one of the worst economic plans in history

It has been five decades since a similar plan, proposed by the late President Richard Nixon, failed miserably, and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt was among its fiercest critics.

“Two years ago this week, on the Senate floor, this happened. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes in the affirmative, and the bill as amended is passed. That was 1.9 trillion dollars, and a lot of people point to that, and that vote, and that bill that was called the Inflation Reduction Act, which didn’t,” Hewitt told anchor Brett Baier on the Fox News show “Special Report.”

“As one of the biggest problems. That is the key bit of tape for the next 80 days, Brett, because when she voted for that, she unleashed this massive tidal wave of federal spending, which in cause, of course, increased demand for everything and skyrocketing prices. I was astonished today. It took her 25 days, she hadn’t been seen or heard from on policy for 25 days, 25 days to come forward with a policy that failed 50 years ago. Now, I ran the Nixon Library. I worked for President Nixon out of college, I built the library, I ran the foundation twice,” he said.

“You know what we do not have an exhibit on? Wage and price control, because they are an absolute failure. I mean, no one likes wage and price controls, and for her to start with that, one more point. She talked a lot about housing today,” Hewitt added.

“The last people you want to consult on housing is anyone from California, and the very last person is anyone from San Francisco. The housing shortage there is so chronic and so longstanding, I can’t even believe it. It gives chutzpah an entirely new meaning for her to talk about housing,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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