Biden on inflation: It’s transitory, I tell you!

ED MORRISSEY Feb 10, 2022 at HotAir:

Does the White House realize that Joe Biden’s Chip Diller act is wearing thin? For months, Biden and the White House either ignored inflation or pretended it reflected a healthy economy. Even when the White House belatedly realized the political risks of uncontrolled inflation — not to mention the damage to American households — did they start paying lip service to concern, but insisted that it won’t last long.

Biden still hasn’t budged off the “transitory” message even after today’s disastrous report.CNN dresses this upwith a headline that Biden finally “acknowledges inflation causing real stress for Americans,” but that’s too little and too late:

“On higher prices, we have been using every tool at our disposal, and while today is a reminder that Americans’ budgets are being stretched in ways that create real…