Gov. Healey: Trump Didn’t Handle the COVID-19 Pandemic Well

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
RADDATZ: “There is a clear difference there, governor. I want to in terms of the economy, vice president Harris says she has a plan for lifting the middle class, but right now the middle class under the Biden-Harris Administration, eggs are up 119%, chicken up 25%s the median home price is up 39%. This is the Biden-Harris Administration, and Donald Trump is leading on the economy and immigration. What are your people saying to you? You must hear that as a governor.”

HEALEY: “Yeah, and look. I try to explain to people as governor, here’s how we got here, okay? We had Covid which Trump did not handle well. There had to be a huge infusion of money to save our small businesses and to help our — all of our states. Inflation rose as a result, and what’s happened under the Biden-Harris Administration is they’ve actually worked to bring down inflation. There is still work to do. What’s important, Martha, going forward, is that Donald Trump wants to make permanent tax cuts for the ultra wealthy among us, okay? Which is only going to burden us with more debt. He also wants to put on more tariffs which are going to raise consumer prices for all of us. In contrast, Kamala Harris has said, I’m going to lay the foundation to see further reductions in the interest rates which I think we’ll see soon, and prices are going to come down, but —“

RADDATZ: “Okay, governor.”

HEALEY: “It’s very unfair to start that in the middle of the movie when the Biden-Harris Administration came in, and they were dealing with a lot. We have the strongest economy in the world right now, and they are committed to making life more affordable for people on housing, drugs, groceries, and the likes.”