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Swing state voter blames Biden for inflation, 'not buying' pandemic excuse in 2024: Prices 'still going up'
A voter in the swing state of Wisconsin told CBS News Friday she’s “not buying that” the pandemic is the cause of inflation instead of President Biden’s policies because prices are “still going up.”
CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes asked voters in Milwaukee how they feel about the economy: “When it comes to inflation, how much of it do you attribute to the aftereffects of the pandemic, and how much do you attribute to President Biden’s policies?”
“It’s been years now since the pandemic. I’m not buying that anymore,” Wisconsin voter Patti Granger said. “At first I did, I’m not buying that anymore, because yogurt is still going up in price. I am not buying that anymore.”
Wisconsin voter Patti Granger said that while she may have given Biden the benefit of the doubt in the past, rising prices years after the pandemic are a bridge too far. (CBS News)
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Another voter who was interviewed on camera, Bobbi Tatum, appeared to say she still supports Biden, “because we’re still getting the aftermath. We’re still… it’s just a lot of things still happening since the pandemic.”
Cordes reported that she spoke to a trio of voters who, while agreeing that “the economy was a huge issue for each of them,” remained divided about who they are voting for and why they believe the economy is still struggling in the first place.
Wisconsin is a critical swing state, with Biden and former President Trump tied in a head-to-head matchup, according to the latest Fox News Poll. In 2016, Trump won Wisconsin by about 23,000 votes, but in 2020, Biden won by nearly 21,000.
By contrast, Wisconsin voter Bobbi Tatum argued, “We’re still getting the aftermath” and that “it’s just a lot of things still happening since the pandemic.” (Wisconsin voter Bobbi)
Nationally, grocery prices have surged more than 21% since the start of 2021, outstripping the overall 18% pace of inflation during that same time period. And while the pace of price increases for food has slowed in recent months, the overall cost of many grocery store staples is still high. Experts say that relief for consumers is unlikely to arrive anytime soon.
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Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, told FOX Business, “Prices very rarely go back … It’s going to take two or three years before people feel real relief from the surge in inflation, especially with things like food.”
According to a Fox News poll released March 3, 61% of voters say Biden has failed at handling the economy.
Fox News’ Megan Henney contributed to this report.
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The death of a Missouri doctor who was found 11 months ago in a northwest Arkansas lake has been ruled a suicide, Arkansas authorities said Thursday.
Dr. John Forsyth died of a gunshot wound to the head, the Benton County, Arkansas, sheriff’s department said in a statement. An autopsy by the chief medical examiner at the Arkansas State Crime Lab concluded that it was a suicide.
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The sheriff’s office said that its detectives located several surveillance videos of Forsyth riding a bicycle to the lake and the bicycle was located near where Forsyth’s body was found.
Dr. John Forsyth, whose body was found in an Arkansas lake last year, reportedly committed suicide. (Google Maps/Cassville Police Department)
Forsyth, 49, didn’t show up for his May 21, 2023, shift at Mercy Hospital in Cassville, Missouri, where he had parked his RV. That prompted a search, and there was no sign of him until a kayaker noticed his body in Arkansas on May 30, at a spot on Beaver Lake about 20 miles away from his last known location.
The mystery surrounding his death gave his case national attention. Social media have speculated that his death may have been connected to the cryptocurrency company that he co-founded with his brother.
“Detectives have not been able to find any information or evidence that would lead us to dispute the medical examiner’s findings,” the sheriff’s statement said. “If objective and relevant physical evidence becomes available, those leads will be investigated on a case-by-case basis.”
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Detroit, you did it.
On Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on the draft stage that the 2024 NFL Draft had officially set the three-day attendance record for the event. Seven hundred thousand people and counting made their way down to the Motor City to take part in the week’s festivities, breaking the record of 600,000 set by the city of Nashville in 2019.
Detroit smashed the single-day record on night one (Thursday) when 275,000 people packed into Campus Martius for the opening round and continued its exuberance into Friday night, where the total eclipsed 500,000. The draft was at-capacity each of the first two nights and was forced to turn people away.
“It has been a historic week here in the great city of Detroit,” Whitmer said. “We have shown the world what the Motor City is all about.”
In 2022, when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell visited the city after Detroit was awarded the draft, he challenged Detroit to break the record.
“You have your challenge, Detroit,” Goodell said.
It appears Detroiters took that personally.
nbianchi@detroitnews.com
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MCTS bus fire near 68th and Congress
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee firefighters responded to the fire of a Milwaukee County Transit System bus fire near 68th and Congress on Saturday morning, April 27.
A FOX6 News viewer who was in the neighborhood shortly after 1a .m. Saturday shared the pictures in this post.
Officials say all the people on the bus managed to get off the vehicle safely.
MCTS bus fire near 68th and Congress
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Nobody was hurt.
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