“What caused the recovery were the programs that in fact we put in place, Biden jabs GOP for taking credit for economic gains

Vice President Joe Biden jabbed Republicans on Wednesday for taking credit for recent economic gains, arguing that it’s President Barack Obama who deserves the plaudits.

“Have you noticed an awful lot of Republicans the last three weeks or four weeks are claiming credit for this recovery?” Biden asked as he talked up the the president’s State of the Union address on “CBS This Morning.”


“What caused the recovery were the programs that in fact we put in place. All the president is saying is don’t stop the momentum now,” the vice president said.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said earlier this month that it was the prospect of a fully Republican-led Congress that helped the economy get on a stronger footing.

“After so many years of sluggish growth, we’re finally starting to see some economic data that can provide a glimmer of hope; the uptick appears to coincide with the biggest political change of the Obama administration’s long tenure in Washington: the expectation of a new Republican Congress,” McConnell said.

Biden said Republicans are acknowledging the momentum and called for lawmakers to “keep it going and get the middle class a better deal.”