Fox News host Jessica Tarlov eloquently broke down the economic legacy of President Joe Biden in just one minute on Fox, noting that while it will no doubt be "complicated," he "oversaw the best recovery" of the G7 countries, which include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan and the U.S.
Tarlov—perhaps the most prominent Democrat on the network—once again went against the grain, discrediting claims many of her co-hosts have made about the effectiveness of Biden's economic policies.
She said:
"The legacy of Joe Biden will be obviously complicated by how this ended and with [Vice President Kamala Harris] losing but he oversaw the best recovery in the G-7 by far and away. Inflation in this country is lower, unemployment in this country is lower, he expanded the number of people who got access to affordable healthcare, Medicaid expansion."
"We are producing more oil than at any other time in world history under Joe Biden. The stock market ... [President-elect Donald Trump] is trying to pretend it's because he's coming back [to the White House] and that's why everyone is so hyped about this."
"We've been hitting record after record after record under Joe Biden. In terms of the jobs [her co-hosts on The Five] say are mirages ... even if you removed all the jobs that we lost during COVID, under the Biden-Harris administration we still got more jobs at a faster clip than we did under the Trump administration."
You can hear her remarks in the video below.
Jessica: Biden oversaw the best recovery in the G-7 by far and away. Unemployment in this country is lower. He extended the number of people who got access to affordable healthcare, medicaid expansion. We're producing more oil than any other time..
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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Many concurred—and pointed out just what we should expect from the second Trump administration.
The legacy of Biden/Harris will be jobs and health care. The legacy of Trump will be tax cuts for billionaires and absolute chaos.
— Zach Evans (@bikesarehealing.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
And now we get to watch as Trump and Republicans break it all over again. "When will they ever learn? When will they every learn." I fear the answer is "never."
— directorgirl (@directorgirl.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
It’ll be interesting to see how quickly the new administration screws it all up. But you can be certain that they’ll take credit for all of Biden’s accomplishments until then…
— PDC (@pdcisneros.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 6:12 PM
people are going to miss the Biden administration and economy. it's going to be a very painful lesson for all of us the next four years.
— vivianplee (@vivianplee.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I predict Biden's gift to America will be squandered away by Trump in year one
— randyc25.bsky.social (@randyc25.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 10:28 AM
The Democratic Party could learn a few things about communicating from her! Kamala was tasked with separating herself from Joe Biden when the truth is the lowest unemployment, high job creation, best ever stock market, most oil ever produced in the history of our country, lowest inflation of all G7
— AJ Lime (@limeral.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 11:28 AM
She's always hitting hit out of the park on that show. Never misses a beat.
— stampera👾 (@stampera.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Three sure things: 1. Trump and his particle board cabinet of idiots will tank the economy. 2. Trump and the GOP will be desperately looking for scapegoats. 3. That's when Republican criming escalates.
— Grumpy Zeus (@grumpyzeus.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Tarlov has long documented the success of Biden's economic policies.
In July 2023, she praised Biden's "tremendous" economic record to the stunned silence of her co-hosts, who are typically among the most prominent critics of the Biden administration on the network.
At the time, she said that the U.S. "has the highest post-pandemic growth in the G7 and lowest inflation. 13.1 million jobs [have been] created, so yes, all the ones lost during COVID have come back and then we're gaining jobs at a faster clip than we did under the Trump presidency."
Tarlov also called out "Republican Senators humiliating themselves on Twitter now, talking about how excited they are that the broadband is coming to them." In particular, she criticized Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville, who took to Twitter to celebrate his state receiving over $1 billion in funding for broadband efforts through the bipartisan infrastructure law, despite voting against the bill.
