‘Sister, Please!’ MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle Destroys Kellyanne Conway’s Claim About Trump-Era Shortages in 58 Seconds Flat

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.

“I worked in that White House for four years. We never even heard of a such of a thing. There was no supply chain crisis” pic.twitter.com/UPmLRFoivJ

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 9, 2021

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.

Remember, Covid hit when Trump was president, and generally speaking, supplies and prices are steady because of business planning and absolutely no one planned for a pandemic. And that is the situation that we all find ourselves in.

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.

But keep in mind everything about the way we live, work and consume the way we buy stuff has changed during COVID. Look at your front door. We have a lot more Amazon, Walmart and other boxes from e-commerce purchases today than we did two years ago. Well, that cardboard that all those boxes are made of, that’s going to come from somewhere. So it’s natural we would face these shortages.

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