White House gets defensive when MSNBC asks about economic 'pivot': 'We’ve been on this argument all year long'

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain claimed on MSNBC Thursday that the Biden administration has been pushing an economic message "all year long" ahead of the midterms.

"The president has been talking about the economy and inflation all year long. In fact, his signature economic achievement this year in August was a bill called the Inflation Reduction Act. So he’s been out there fighting to bring down prices," Klain said. "He’s out there fighting to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, something he’s been talking about all year long, and again succeeded in getting a bill passed. So we are not coming to this economic argument late. We've been on this argument all year long." Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.

The top presidential aide said the economy and inflation are a "critical problem" and argued Republicans were going to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act.