If you’re trying to keep track of the Biden administration’s blame game on inflation and gas prices, time to update your scorecard:
Biden has blamed Trump, Putin, and the GOP for record high inflation. Now he blames old and outdated numbers.
— Wendell Husebø (@WendellHusebo) July 13, 2022
The inflation data just keeps getting worse:
U.S. consumer prices surged 9.1% in June, the largest annual increase in more than four decades amid stubbornly high costs for gasoline, food and rent, cementing the case for another 75-basis-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this month.
The larger-than-expected increase in the year-on-year consumer price index reported by the Labor Department on Wednesday also reflected higher prices for healthcare, motor vehicles, apparel as well as household furniture. The CPI increased by the most in nearly 17 years on a monthly basis.
The excuse from the White House? It’s not really that bad because the info is old and besides, you’re saving a few dollars every time you fill up your car compared to a month ago:
Today’s report is a reminder that inflation is too high – fighting inflation is my top economic priority. And while the numbers today are not acceptable, they are also outdated.
In the past 30 days, the average price of gas has dropped by 40 cents a gallon.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 13, 2022
Yes, go with this spin heading into the midterms, Dems! Perhaps the word “fighting” in that tweet should be replaced with “causing” for greater honesty.
That's breathing room for American families, but oil prices have come down $20/barrel while gas at the pump has only come down 40 cents. Oil and gas companies must pass these lower costs on to consumers.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 13, 2022
Lastly, annual core inflation is down for the third month in a row. To lower inflation more, without giving up the economic gains we’ve achieved, Congress must act – now. They must work to reduce the cost of everyday expenses for working families.
Send legislation to my desk.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 13, 2022
Biden’s solution to bringing down inflation is for Congress to pass more spending bills? You can’t make this stuff up.
You wasted $1.9 trillion which caused this 40-year high inflation.
Your anti-U.S. energy policy hiked gas prices to their highest levels ever.
Biden and the Democrats own this.
— Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) July 13, 2022
It’s just remarkable that this White House wants Americans to believe that the fix for problems partly caused by spending way too much money is to spend more money.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm also hopes everybody’s stupid:
Inflation levels remain unacceptable, and today’s numbers don’t reflect the most recent developments in energy – gas prices have been falling for nearly 30 days, down 40¢ since mid-June. Things are moving in a better direction. https://t.co/7cahiiZg2k
— Secretary Jennifer Granholm (@SecGranholm) July 13, 2022
“Pay no attention to the massive inflation behind the curtain!”
You cant start acting like a hero by fixing problems you created https://t.co/R4MvoZ3YmV
— BT2 OG (@BlueTunnel4) July 13, 2022
They did the same thing with the baby formula crisis and other things.
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