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Catherine Rampell Profile picture
@crampell
Apr 14, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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White House correspondents have asked Psaki at least 6 times when Biden is going to raise the refugee ceiling/lift Trump refugee restrictions, as Biden announced he'd do. She has not answered. Response typically some combo of "Biden remains committed to refugees" + "no updates"
Feb 2 (from before Biden's State Dept sent a report to Congress on 2/12 about proposed 62,500 cap & admission categories) whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
March 4 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
March 16 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
April 1 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
April 8 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
April 12 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
I have asked the White House multiple times too. Each time I have been emailed the same content-free statement, attributable to a White House spokesperson. No response to follow-up questions.
For at least the 7th and 8th times -- both today -- Psaki was again asked why President Biden hadn't put in place the new refugee policy he himself announced 2 months ago

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Sep 26
Brief thread of independent economic analyses of a 2nd Trump presidency. They generally show he'd spike inflation, reduce growth, and/or increase federal deficits. 🧵

First, here's @PIIE today, looking at effects of his deportation, tariff, Fed policies: piie.com/blogs/realtime…
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Pantheon Macroeconomics, from a few days ago
Goldman Sachs Economic Research: higher inflation, lower GDP Image
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Sep 17
The SALT cap exists because of Trump's own 2017 tax law!!
My view: It's better policy to keep cap on SALT deductions in place. Lifting it, as Trump seems to propose, is expensive & very regressive. 70% of benefit of ending it would go to those making $500k+
But...I'd love to know where Harris stands on the issue, which has divided Dems
SALT cap is very unpopular in blue states like NY, NJ, CA. Letting it lapse is a priority for Schumer and Dem reps in swing districts. Harris sponsored legislation in 2019 to repeal cap.
But again, lifting the cap (or letting it lapse as scheduled) is costly/regressive
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Aug 6
Completely agree with empathizing with Americans' struggles.
My objection is to outright fabricating statistics.
We can talk about why people feel lousy without falsely claiming, as Mr. Singleton did just before this video began, that "household incomes [are] at a decade low."
Here is that section of the transcript, with Mr. Singleton's full comment. Image
This discussion was preceded by a different false claim by another panelist, Betsy McCaughey. She suggested inflation was caused by Biden's decision to stop oil drilling.
Again, false. US crude oil production has recently touched record highs.
Her comments left; data right.
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Jul 27
Scenes from the Harris fundraiser in Pittsfield MA Image
Guy with the guitar was singing (I think) “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine” Image
Some homemade coconut tree signs Image
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Jun 28
The kind of polling we need more of: @YouGov asked respondents about major policies proposed by Biden and Trump...without specifying which candidate proposed them.
Turns out, in a blind test, Biden's agenda is way more popular. A short 🧵
today.yougov.com/politics/artic…

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27 of 28 Biden proposals are supported by more people than oppose them. 24 get outright majority support.
Most popular: criminal/mental health background checks for all gun purchases (82% approve). Least popular (the only one underwater, 30%): 10-yr military support for Ukraine Image
Trump's agenda doesn't fare so well.
9 of 28 proposals are above water (more support than oppose). Just 6 get majority support
Even most most popular (phase out Chinese imports of essential goods) gets meager 59%. Least pop (prez controls independent regulatory agencies): 19% Image
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Jun 21
Pay more attention to what politicians *do* than to what they say
There's been credulous media coverage of Trump's "proposal" to give green cards to immigrant US college grads. It's odds with everything Trump actually did as president, to reduce *legal, skilled* immigration
examples of actual policies he put in place, curbing visas, work permits, or green cards for skilled immigrants: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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He also endorsed a bill that would have cut *legal immigration in half.*
washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump…
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