CNN Host Confronts Biden Official With Viral Clip Of Jamie Dimon Calling Out Democrats

CNN’s Kate Bolduan confronted National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard on Thursday with a viral clip of JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon calling out Democrats.

Bolduan began by asking Brainard why Americans say they don’t feel the economy is strong.

In response, Brainard argued that consumer sentiment is up, confidence is increasing, gas prices are below $3.00 in parts of the nation and the price of milk is declining.

“There are a whole variety of reasons for Americans to feel good. But there are still areas, like health care costs, that are unaffordable, and we are going to keep working to bring prescription drug prices down,” he said.

“Yeah, it’s kind of bridging that gap of the data you see, data you say and put out, and how people feel,” Bolduan replied. “I mean, in exit polls in New Hampshire, among all voters that showed up to the polls, about seven in 10 describe the state of the economy as not so good or poor. And how you talk about the economy, everyone does, is an important thing.”

“And JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon, he had some advice for Democrats specifically for the coming year, in part about how they talk about the economy in an election year,” she added. “Let’s play this.”

Dimon said during a Jan. 17 interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that former President Donald Trump was right about key issues and that Trump supporters aren’t voting for him because of “his family values,” but because he was “kind of right about NATO, kind of right about immigration.” (RELATED: CNN Host John Berman Confronts Biden Campaign Spox About Their Trump Argument) 

“He grew the economy quite well, tax reform worked. He was right about some of China,” Dimon continued, urging Democrats to be careful when they disparage “MAGA.”

“Well, that warning from Jamie Dimon, what do you say to that?” Bolduan asked Brainard.

“So, look, I travel with the president. I was with him in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I was with him. I have seen his interactions with UAW workers,” Brainard responded. “He is very focused on Americans and where they are, their economic reality. He sat with small business owners Juan and Lauren Vargas in Allentown, and they talked about how important all of his policies are for giving them the wherewithal to start a small business, and then how that small business was lifting the entire community that they lived in, revitalizing main street.”

“And we saw the same thing with UAW workers seeing record wage increases, much greater retirement security,” she continued. “So Americans are seeing a broad-based recovery, and that’s because the president thinks about Americans from the perspective of sitting around [the] kitchen table, paying their bills and looking at their prospects.”

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has focused its efforts on attacking Trump and his supporters as “extremists” and threats to democracy while highlighting the president’s support for abortion rights.