Fox Host Push Back Over Economy Lie

Fox contributor Mary Katharine Ham challenged senior political analyst Juan Williams on Sunday after he claimed that the economy is performing better under the Biden-Harris administration compared to the Trump administration.

Goldman Sachs economists had released a note suggesting that the economy under Vice President Kamala Harris might provide a “very slight boost” to GDP investment, while Trump’s economic plan could negatively impact growth due to “tariffs and tighter immigration policy.”

Williams defended Goldman Sachs’ analysis during “Sunday Report,” but Ham interjected, arguing that the analysis did not address the everyday concerns of average Americans, such as those faced at the grocery store.

“The reality is, if you look at the numbers, the economy is better now than it was then. So you’re dealing with this kind of memory sense of things,” Williams said. “But the context is Goldman Sachs, they’re no left-wing organization. They’re saying the economy will be better under Kamala Harris —” Williams said.

“They’re also not mom buying groceries though,” Ham jumped in.

Williams then criticized Trump’s speech to the New York Economic Club, saying that Trump had squandered what should have been a “knockout” performance.

JUAN WILLIAMS: Goldman Sachs is no left-wing organization. They're saying the economy will be better under Kamala Harris.

PANEL MEMBER: They're also not mom, buying groceries, though.

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“I think this week there was 88 top executive who came out and said, ‘We think the economy will spur, will boost under Kamala Harris,’” Williams continued. “And this week Trump went before the New York economic club to give a speech and it should have been — given the perception he want to say the economy was better — it should’ve been a knockout for him in front of all those rich men. Instead, he delivered word salad on a question about child care. My sense is, look, the job numbers are good, the stock market is good and right now the Federal Reserve is in a position where they are likely to raise — I’m sorry, lower interest rates, which will raise, I think, opportunities for Kamala Harris to say we have a future that’s better coming under my administration.”

Fox host Shannon Bream revisited Ham’s comment, highlighting that Ham is a mother and often hears from other mothers about “what they think.”

“My perspective is, if it’s hurting us, I know it’s hurting other people pretty much, much more. It’s hard to argue that the inflation — although the rate of it is falling — you’re not getting back to the 1.9 that we had in January 2017, 2016, when Trump was in office, right? And this hurts people,” Ham said. “When you talk about the jobs market, yes, we are adding jobs, but it’s mediocre at best. And we’re revising down every single month to [an] accumulative number that’s taken a pretty big hit on those numbers.”