Washington Free Beacon Amid historically high inflation and a massive market sell-off, Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes (Conn.) has no regrets with how her party has governed the last two years.
Hayes, who is running in a hotly contested reelection race against Republican George Logan, boasted about the success of the nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, which is widely credited with fueling inflation. In a wide-ranging interview with Connecticut Public Radio on Tuesday, Hayes was pressed on whether the size of the bill—at nearly $2 trillion—was too large. Hayes responded with a question of her own: “Who would you leave behind?”
The rescue plan, Hayes said, “did stabilize the economy.” The same day Hayes made those comments the S&P 500 hit a low for the year and the Dow Jones Industrial Average entered bear market territory…
