Of all the political and economic analysts CNN could’ve talked to, it was a random, shirtless guy at a MAGA boat parade with a beer that best explained why inflation is the top issue in the election. Despite the fact that he owned a boat, Joe Harner explained to Elle Reeve on Wednesday’s Anderson Cooper 360 that inflation impacts everyone, including people with less money than him.
Off camera, an unnamed producer asked, “What’s your most important issue?”
Harner explained, “The economy, getting the interest rates down, getting it where we can afford to live in America. Right now, it’s too expensive.”
Reeve didn’t get it, “Okay, now, let me maybe ask, like, a slightly impolite question. But, you know, if you can afford a boat, you’re not hurting so bad, right? Because a boat costs a lot of money and it is a lot of upkeep.”
Harner…
