Your right, but it seems beyond the intelligence of Republicans to point this out.
Same thing happened in the 90s; to the extent the government had anything to do with the boom at all, it was the work of Republicans in Congress after they took over in ‘94, plus that of Phil Gramm almost all by his bad self in stopping Hillary!Care after Clinton had cut other spending to make room for it (and after Dole had all but conceded the issue). But the ‘pubs let the MSM give Clinton all the credit.
Republicans have had a bad habit of worrying too much about whether libs will laugh at them for making a case for themselves. We have several candidates this time around who are more assertive. I hope we don’t wimp out again and nominate one of the tired old guard.