Tucker Carlson’s criticism of Janet Yellen backfired, saying that the video in her comment was from 2007, when in fact it was from 2017, and the commentator accused him of lying.
“This isn’t the first time she’s been wrong. Here she was in 2007, the year before the Great Recession,” said the Fox News host, clearly stating it was 2017. I played a clip of the Secretary of the Treasury.
“Our mistake, it was 2017,” Carlson said as soon as the clip ended.
On social media, commentators lashed out at the Fox anchor.
“How could Tucker have known it was 2017 and not 2007 while the clip was running? You must have lied on purpose,” wrote one user.
“Tucker Carlson publicly admits to lying. I don’t understand how conservatives can believe this fluent man,” another user wrote.
“10 years of time saved,” quipped another user.
The Treasury Secretary told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday that the U.S. banking system is “healthy” and that Americans are “confident” about their deposits following the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history late last week. I can feel that there is,” he said.
This is the first time a senior government official has appeared on the Capitol after Joe Biden said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation would protect uninsured funds at Silicon Valley Banks and Signature Banks, and some observers said, criticized as salvation.
Yellen said at the outset of hearings reviewing Biden’s budget request to the Treasury Department for next fiscal year that the decision demonstrates the administration’s “determination” to maintain US confidence in the country’s financial system. said.
“The government has taken decisive and strong action to increase public confidence” in the U.S. banking system, Yellen said. “Our banking system remains healthy and Americans can be confident that their deposits will be there when they need them,” he said.