Yeah , that ’s not it .
Elise Stefanik is a rising Republican congressional star* from upstate New York.
She’s on theshortlistto be Donald Trump’s running mate in November.
Now she’s going viral for a comment she made at a press conference.
In the video she asks, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Then she says, “The answer for hardworking Americans across the country is a resounding ‘no.'”
Stefanik : Are you dear off today than you were four years ago ? The answer is a resounding nopic.twitter.com/53SC8pyUIs
In case you forgot, it was almost four years ago when the lockdown started.
Four years ago was literally March of 2020 , when everything shut down.https://t.co/YaP0E5yz0W
People were obviously like, “Wait, what are you even talking about?!”
Ma’am , I do n’t opine this motion work when the four year ago in question was * checks calendar * March 2020.https://t.co/1uSxMXcrjc
“4 years ago people were getting into fist fights over toilet paper,” one person said.
4 years ago people were getting into clenched fist fight over throne paper Elise.https://t.co/mAhm9aZlA9
“Well, I’m not seeing morgue refrigerator trucks & I’m not being told to inject bleach,” another person said.
Well , I ’m not seeing morgue icebox trucks & I ’m not being told to inject bleach so….https://t.co/VlwELPmTavpic.twitter.com/R6MpjeIrAI
Other people shared pictures of empty shelves.
Yeah I think I ’m much better off now than I was 4 years ago.https://t.co/bpCljH14hUpic.twitter.com/3q6VNTVzvd
This person brought up their 401(k).
My 401k now versus then.https://t.co/p2VtPvkDuLpic.twitter.com/9G3zWQ3Oie
And these medical professionals shared a picture of themselves covered in plastic.
The big shocker in this photo from four years ago is that we actually had an undefendable seam to admit to.https://t.co/vk3P55Hf2Ipic.twitter.com/l24ggLeTWU
From “Four years ago I was buying a lot of hand sanitizer”…
Four years ago I was buy a lot of hand sanitizer.https://t.co/oVWH0uSfKo
…to “I was hunkered down in my house bleaching the groceries with my cats.”
You have in mind when I was hunkered down in my mansion bleach out the market with my cats ? Yeah I think I ’m well off now.https://t.co/H1OO10Nvue
Four years ago was literally the start of the pandemic.
Does nobody remember what was happening 4 years ago?If you have sewer paper today , you are better offhttps://t.co/gvZGjcw76L
As this person said, “March 2020 was, uh, not great.”
I bed a lot of people have memory - hole it for political rationality but March 2020 was , uh , not greathttps://t.co/cnaUOprsZS
