But i think that the idea now is that we have to hit back hard, we have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and the economic pain that is engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong, which is that our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. Weve constantly argued that the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to finally put this virus behind us. Second, i want to quote fed chair Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day, i think it was just a week or so ago, that inflationary risks are also asymmetric right now. Im much more afraid of people losing their careers and life that they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about what that will do not just to their lives but to the American Economy. Im more concerned about that than which exists with higher inflation. In our
I think it was an effective measure. The idea now is we have to hit back hard. We have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and economic payment engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong which is our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. We have constantly argued the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to put this virus behind us. I want to quote Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day. I think it was a week or so ago that inflationary risks are also asymmetric. He said, im much more worry about falling short of a complete recovery and losing peoples careers and lives they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about the damage that will do, not just to their lives but to the United States economy, to the productive capacity of the economy. Im more concerned abou
Lets say theyre in scranton just for the sake of argument, one is working as a nurse, the other is a teacher making 120,000 a year should get a check. Thats in his plan. And the plan presented by republicans, they would not get a check. His view is that at this point in our country, when one in seven American Families dont have enough food to eat, with he need to make sure people get the relief they need and are not left behind. As was also part of our readout last night, there was discussion of technical followup with opportunities to discuss things like Small Business and covid relief. Im not suggesting reduction, im suggesting how to do it effectively and those technical discussions at a staff level will be part of whats ongoing over the next couple of days. But the president s bottom line is that this is the package, the risk here as he said many times is not going too big, it is going too small. That continues to be his belief and thats why he supports the efforts by senator schum
He falsely claimed that mexico was sending drugs and rapists and this type of rhetoric moved from the fringe right to the mainstream talk points with the socalled invasion of the Sojourner Border and now with trump vying for another bid at the white house, this rhetoric has only gotten worse in recent months as he promised the largest deportation and to scare voters is the spread of the rhetoric, but the data shows us something different. It shows that trumps claims against the migrants are baseless including with the comments of the should crime wave. The nbc news review of crime data in blue cities where migrants are bussed and flown with Texas Governor abbott shows crime dropping, in fact, immigrant Crime Research over the past 20 years have shown that immigrants commit fewer crimes than nativeborn americans, but despite the facts, antiimmigrant and racist rhetoric is foundation and Fear Mongering for many of the policies like in arizona where a bill passed up the statehouse that al
On this new our of ayman, politics and rhetoric go hand inhand. These days, so does the truth and misinformation. Tonight we clear out the lies being told about immigration and crime. Plus, the powerful payoff of loyalty. We read Between The Lines of the new position. Us says children dying from starvation in gaza is a warning like no other. The president and ceo joins us. Lets get started. We know that immigration has become one of the top issues of this years president ial race. According to a recent poll, it has emerged as the most important issue for the First Time Since 2019. More than half of those surveyed said quote large numbers of immigrants entering the United States illegally is a critical threat to us interests. In other words, theres a general sense of fear around immigrants right now. Polls like these show us there is a massive gap between perception and reality. Yes, you may feel unsafe, but the truth is very different. That gap is in great part due to decades of gop Fe