Staff Reports
The recent announcement of “Liberation Day” by President Trump has sent shockwaves through the political landscape, stirring up considerable chatter—most of it coming courtesy of nervous Democrats and their pals in mainstream media. Sen. Cory Booker recently took to ABC News’ “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” to air his grievances about Trump’s tariffs, following a marathon 25-hour speech that had all the excitement of watching paint dry. It appeared as if the Senate was in session just to give Booker a soapbox to lament the state of the economy, which he claims is being shattered by tariffs.
Booker must have missed a few memos, considering he was alive and kicking while the Biden-Harris administration infamously sunk the U.S. economy. During this Sunday sports debate—uh, news show—Stephanopoulos effectively fawned over Booker’s marathon talk, eager to dive into the topic of tariffs. After a few flattering remarks, the discussion veered sharply towards the anticipated doom and gloom of rising prices. While Kevin Hassett, an economic adviser, downplayed the potential fallout, Booker escalated the situation to near apocalyptic levels. The senator implored for the return of his precious retirement savings, apparently forgetting who was actually at the helm when those problems initially struck.
While Booker’s panic resembles a toddler throwing a tantrum when asked to share, it’s unclear whether he noticed the inflation disaster kicked off by the Biden administration. For those keeping score, Biden’s economic approval ratings hit an unfortunate low, with record inflation crushing Americans’ wallets. Janet Yellen, the then-Treasury Secretary, initially assured everyone that inflation would be “transitory,” a claim that now seems eerily reminiscent of an old ’80s sci-fi B-movie title—hardly accurate and certainly not reassuring.
Cory Booker Makes Quite the Claim About Tariffs https://t.co/GLAdp9cqGg
With Democratic operative George Stephanopoulos and economic guru Cory Booker, you’ve got great lies, distortions and fear mongering.— gtslade (@gtslade) April 8, 2025
Turning the conversation to immigration, Booker made a clumsy pivot to claim America’s woes result from Trump’s purported misdeeds. During the Biden administration, the borders became more porous than a sieve, and even Kamala Harris—now dubbed the “border czar”—made a spectacular mess of things. Proposed solutions from Democrats have often resembled band-aids on a gunshot wound, quickly shot down because they lacked any substance. Yet, they cling to a narrative that they’re the true champions of border security, even as the polling indicates that more people would prefer a Trump-style approach.
Incredibly, while Booker fumbled through his rejoinders, Stephanopoulos seemed uninterested in challenging any of his claims. Instead, they meandered into discussions about “retribution” from Trump, seemingly oblivious to the real retribution happening against him courtesy of a weaponized DOJ under Biden. The irony of Democrats crying chaos over tariffs while conveniently overlooking the chaos they created during their reign raises eyebrows.
Ultimately, Booker may be wrestling with the twins of irony and hypocrisy, spouting inflammatory rhetoric about Trump’s tariffs ruining America without acknowledging the dumpster fire left in the wake of his own party’s policies. It’s a classic misdirect that casts the current issues as entirely Trump’s fault, willfully ignoring that many of these problems began long before “Liberation Day” was even on the horizon. With ballots looming on the horizon, the confusion over who truly holds the blame for America’s economic woes is likely to lend itself to a humorous and politically charged election cycle.
