Republican candidates and policies created the demand for food stamps, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who attributed much of the recent recession to the lack of Wall Street regulation under Republicans.
“The economic policies that contributed to the great recession were supported by and are being proposed by I believe all the [Republican candidates],” Carney said today during the press briefing, criticizing them for opposing Dodd-Frank regulations. “We look forward to the debate with whomever emerges from the primary process.”
Carney turned Newt Gingrich’s description of President Obama as the “food stamp president” around on Republicans, whom Carney blamed for the increased need for food stamps. “The economic policies that helped create [the recession],” Carney said about Gingrich, “are the kinds of policies that he advocates to this day.”
