Doocy: If things are going so great, then why is it that WH officials are trying to redefine recession?

KJP: No, we're not redefining [it].

Doocy: "If we all understand [it] to be 2 consecutive quarters…& you have WH…say…that's not…how is that not redefining [it]? pic.twitter.com/FrQXLQIoJg

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 27, 2022

Brian Deese, yesterday: "Two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical definition of recession.”

Deese, 2008: “Economists have a technical definition of recession, which is two consecutive quarters of negative growth.” pic.twitter.com/MzVk7drq3v

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 27, 2022

RNC now passing along quotes of Biden's own economic advisors, as recently as last May, defining "recession" the old fashioned way: pic.twitter.com/Z0HWPrZmAr

— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) July 27, 2022

CNN REPORTER: "'to paraphrase … if you're explaining how recession calls are made, you're losing.' Do you see that?"

BIDEN ECONOMIC ADVISOR JARED BERNSTEIN: “No. I don't think so. I mean I think we've gotten into a technical discussion about what constitutes a recession." pic.twitter.com/K021jV21E2

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 27, 2022

"Does the White House have any concerns that it will look misguided if the U.S. does enter a recession?"

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Nah pic.twitter.com/DSWVf6dGQI

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 27, 2022

SUPERCUT!

W.H.: Good news, "recession" now means "strong economy"! pic.twitter.com/BW3Y1nlqxl

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 27, 2022