KJP: Republicans want to make inflation worse, or something

PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: Thank you, Karine. Following up on something you said earlier. If the president’s top domestic priority is inflation, why doesn’t he have more to show for it?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: So the president understands and we have talked about this many times that inflation is an issue, high cost, cost is an issue for the American people, and so he’s been very clear about making that his number one economic priority. And he has done the work and he’s done the work with Congressional Democrats when you think about the Inflation Reduction Act, which is going to lower the cost for our seniors, millions and millions of seniors across the country when you think about the $2,000 cap on their own Medicare prescriptions, when you think about the thousands of dollars that our seniors pay a month, now that’s going to be $2,000 a year. That is the work that congressional Democrats and congressional Democrats and the president has done, Republicans did not vote for that at all.

And what Republicans want to do is that they want to repeal that very historic piece of legislation that is also going to lower energy costs, that is also going to help fight climate change, they want to get rid of it. So there is a contrast that we are going to make which is how Republicans are actually going to make things worse and Democrats want to do the opposite and make things a little easier. I just talked about the hearing aids, which is going to help 30 million Americans across the country.

DOOCY: But who exactly thinks the president is doing a good job on inflation? Because we have a new poll that finds he receives his lowest job ratings on inflation. Net negative, 38 points.