By the Way, the Inflation Reduction Act Won't Reduce Inflation

Bait and switch

Did you notice how the Dems called it the Inflation Reduction Act, right up until the moment it passed? Now it’s a “climate, health care, and tax bill.”

Scott Wong @scottwongDC

BREAKING: House passes sweeping climate, health care and tax bill, sends to Biden's desk Vote was along party lines 220-207 nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

Wait. What happened to reducing inflation? Wasn’t that the point? They used that to beat critics over the head: “If you don’t want this bill to pass, you must like inflation!” First they caused the inflation, then they promised to fix the inflation, and now they’re pretending they didn’t.

Here’s the amazingly hapless Karine Jean-Pierre, completely unable to sell the lie: