Does '(And yes, he has said a few things that can, with some effort, be construed as support for supply-side economics.)' logically negate the premise 'It would take some work to construe the things as support for supply-side economics.'
(And yes, he has said a few things that can, with some effort, be construed as support for supply-side economics.)###It would take some work to construe the things as support for supply-side economics.