Joe Biden’s tampon shortage

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🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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No, President Biden didn’t cause the tampon shortage — or any of the recent shortages. But that won’t stop him from taking the blame. This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Noel King, it's today explained.
0:02.3	The title of today's show is Joe Biden's tampon shortage.
0:06.5	Come on, man.
0:07.8	We are kidding.
0:10.0	We're kidding.
0:11.0	Not about shortages.
0:12.2	There is a tampon shortage in the US right now.
0:14.7	There is no shortage of shortages.
0:16.4	You've heard us talk about the baby formula.
0:18.9	There's a sriracha shortage.
0:20.6	There's a worker shortage.
0:22.5	President Biden didn't do the tampon shortage,
0:25.0	but that hasn't mattered for his job approval rating,
0:27.7	which is around 33%.
0:30.3	And according to a new poll from the New York Times,
0:32.1	64% of Democrats say they would prefer a different candidate
0:36.4	next time around.
0:37.9	Nothing is built.
0:39.0	Nothing is back, and nothing is better
0:41.2	with this administration.
0:43.2	This tampon shortage is impacting 34 million women
0:47.0	across this country, and the prices are up at least 10% so far.
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