Are you better off today than 4 years ago being in the midst of a worldwide deadly pandemic?
Elise Stefanik argues that it was - but there are many who have strong objections.
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This week, Rep. Elise Stefanik vehemently argued that we should ask “Are you better off today than you were four years ago!”
Stefanik: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? The answer is a resounding no.
Four years ago, at the beginning of March 2020, the nation was on the brink of experiencing the worst Pandemic in over 100 years, Donald John Trump was in the White House and he practically screwed the pooch on every level.
"As Ronald Reagan famously asked us, 'Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Stefanik asked. "The answer for hard-working Americans across the country is a resounding no."
Stefanik once again threw her support behind the Republican candidate who was four years ago the nation's commander-in-chief, arguing President Joe Biden had led the U.S. into a state of crisis.
Specifically, Stefanik bemoaned a southern border situation that has led to a "tragic loss of life of American citizens."
The hole in Stefanik's argument is that, while some "hard-working Americans" may very well have been better off four years ago, there are more than a million people who cannot make the comparison because they were killed in a global pandemic.
Here’s a shot of Elise Stefanik back then. She looks comfortable.
Live was so much better when Trump was in office.
So how much better were things 4 years ago?
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