Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday that he "should have been more precise" when confronted over number of jobs that he said would be created by President Biden's infrastructure proposal.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace brought up a remark Buttigieg made a week ago during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press", during which Buttigieg falsely claimed that the package was estimated to create 19 million jobs.
"It turns out the study you're citing from Moody's Analytics says the economy will add 16.3 million jobs without the infrastructure bill, and 2.7 million more with it. So it doesn't, as you said last Sunday, create 19 million jobs", Wallace said, adding: "Again, Secretary Buttigieg, why mislead folks?"
"Well, you're right, I should have been more precise", Buttigieg responded.
He went on to say: "[T]he bottom line is, it's going to add jobs. And this is a direct refutation of people who are saying otherwise. So, yes, you're right, I should be very precise. The difference in jobs that that particular analysis suggests is 2.7 million more. That is a great place to be. Why wouldn't we want America to create 2.7 million more jobs?"
