Biden's deputy press secretary fires back after WSJ editorial calls him 'a modern political flack … incapable of embarrassment'

Brett T. | 7:26 PM on September 25, 2021

Back in July, President Joe Biden told CNN’s Don Lemon during a town hall that the Democrats’ multi-trillion spending bills “will reduce inflation, reduce inflation, reduce inflation.” On its editorial page Friday, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board cited White House Deputy Press Secretary telling Axios that the spending bill’s price tag “is $0 because it will be paid for by ending failed, special tax giveaways for the richest taxpayers and big corporations, adding nothing to the debt.” The Journal concluded, “One requirement of a modern political flack is being incapable of embarrassment.”

In the Friday editorial, @WSJopinion takes a shot at Biden's Deputy Press Sec: "One requirement of a modern political flack is being incapable of embarrassment." pic.twitter.com/VkQEnc1rw2

— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 25, 2021

That tweet reached Bates, who tried to fire back at the Journal.

The @WSJ news team does some of the finest reporting in the world.

But I’m glad to have a different standard for “embarrassment” than an editorial page that’s spent the last 5 years devolving into what would happen if Bernie Madoff’s values had a kid with the My Pillow guy’s. https://t.co/bc9Pk79BKB

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 25, 2021

Apparently you’re not done embarrassing yourself 🤣. Tweet more, Andrew! Show us how much you know about taxation and economics!

— Casey Flores (@caseyjflores) September 25, 2021