After New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu made a wild inflation claim on Fox Business, host Neil Cavuto shut him down and corrected him.
Chris Sununu is the governor of the traditionally blue-leaning state of New Hampshire and has been reelected to multiple terms. The Republican is more moderate and hasn't been shy about knocking other GOPers like Donald Trump. When push comes to shove, though, Sununu is willing to push disinformation just like any other Republican.
During the conversation with Cavuto, Sununu claimed, "They are going to look at what's happened over the last 4 years – That’s where you are looking at 25, 30, 35 percent inflationary and cost increases on a lot of things."
Obviously taken aback by Sununu's claim of 35% inflation, the host responded by asking, "what's that?" The New Hampshire governor responded, "People will look at the cost of living over the life of the administration – so that's 10 percent inflation, 2020 or 2021, another 12 percent, another 7 percent, another 4 percent…It’s cumulative, it keeps adding up."
The host was quick to correct his guest, noting:
"But it doesn’t. I know it looks that way, but it doesn’t. It's the rate of increases going — I don't mean the ... — you're right the inflation is weird, but the rate of increases is slowing down. You don't take these increases and just add them up."