MEDIA LOSER: Kellyanne Conway
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle dismantled Kellyanne Conway’s claim that there were no supply chain issues during Donald Trump’s presidency. Conway, the former White House counselor under Trump, made an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity program Monday night, during which the supply chain issues that have roiled consumers came up. “I worked in that White House for four years,” Conway said. “We never even heard of a such of a thing. There was no supply chain crisis. There was no inflation.” A video of the moment went viral on Twitter and earned derision from other users. It also earned an efficient fact-check from Ruhle on Wednesday’s edition of Stephanie Ruhle Reports. “We just told you about inflation up 6.2 percent from this time last year, with shortages pushing up costs as we recover from the Covid situation,” Ruhle said, referring to the inflation report that came out Wednesday morning. “But for facts’ sake, let us be clear on what has changed since then,” Ruhle continued. “Kellyanne Conway, who served as counselor to former President Trump, talked about shortages on Fox News this week.” She then played a slightly longer clip, in which Conway criticized President Joe Biden for “telling us all that we’re sort of stupid and don’t understand what the supply chain crisis is. I worked in that White House for four years. We never even heard of such a thing. There was no supply chain crisis.” “Sister, please!” Ruhle said at the clip’s conclusion and spent 58 seconds debunking Conway. But to say that Trump’s administration never heard of supply issues is a flat-out lie. We all saw and experienced empty shelves. Mass shortages of cleaning supplies and toilet paper when the lockdown started. And that is not to mention the mask, glove, and ventilator shortages we saw in hospitals nationwide. The clip of Conway's comments, as clips of her comments often do, went viral on Twitter and invited waves scorn and no small amount of outrage at the revision of the record on such an important point. Ruhle's devastating commentary was just the capper on that pushback. |