‘The Economy Ground to a Halt’: Fox’s Cavuto Pushes Back When GOP Fundraiser Claims Americans Were Better Off Under Trump

Fox News’ Neil Cavuto offered a reality check to a contributor who claimed Americans “are remembering how better off” they were under the Trump administration than under Biden.

Cavuto started off the conversation on Thursday about the economy and inflation with a GOP fundraiser.

“We bounce back from our worst levels today on a better-than-expected wholesale inflation report, not that much better, but inflation still a big worry,” he said. “I am sure if you’re Donald Trump or Republicans you’re seizing on, ‘that is the issue,’ that will get you back in the White House. What do you think?”

“It is the issue,” answered Republican fundraiser Noelle Nikpur. She continued:

A lot of Americans sitting at the everyday kitchen table don’t understand wholesale inflation. All they know is when they go to the grocery store they’re paying more for groceries and it’s continuing. They know that it’s costing more with everything they do, from trying to take a vacation to trying to get a mortgage. So, you’re seeing this and even though the Democrats are trying to tell you that inflation is pretty much in the rearview mirror and things are looking great, people don’t feel it.

And, also, a lot of people are remembering how better off they were under the Trump administration. They had more money in their bank, they had 3% mortgages, they are remembering this. And they are remembering where they were and I think this is going to help Donald Trump, and I actually think he is playing on the fact that they were better off under his administration than they are right now, even though Biden is saying it’s better.

Cavuto jumped in to say, “All right, we can go back and forth on whether people are better off. We were knee-deep in the middle of Covid-19. I’m not blaming that on the president, but the economy ground to a halt. You have to pick and choose your dates and times.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.