Fact checkers should be reveling in the glory of opportunities presented by the Biden Administration, “should” being the operative word. Once again President Joe Biden appears to have misspoken into the microphone, touting that the average price of gas has dipped below $2.99 per gallon in 41 states.
Biden claims that the average price of gas in 41 states plus DC “is less than $2.99”
According to the AAA, there is not a single state with an average gas price under $3.
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 24, 2022
Also in DC, he claims. When was the last time the pudding cup preezy made a purchase at the pump exactly? In fact, Mr. President, not a single state is enjoying gas prices under $3.00 per gallon.
Facts are stubborn things.
Fact is that no state has an average gasoline price less than $3 per gallon.https://t.co/UBzxA09zwh… @AAAnews @AAA_Travel pic.twitter.com/Jr27qgTBop
— Vance Ginn, Ph.D. (@VanceGinn) September 24, 2022
Wouldn’t this be considered misinformation, or has that definition changed too? Just wondering?
— Tina ❤️🇺🇸 Angel Mom ✝️ (@TiSwegs) September 24, 2022
Even notoriously Left leaning media like CNN was forced to correct the record in this instance.
Even CNN called out Biden’s whopper of a lie https://t.co/98vFoH5I6V pic.twitter.com/gEtYM8mjMM
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 24, 2022
Yes, even the White House had to correct this particularly obviously inaccurate statement.
The White House has corrected Biden’s inaccurate boast in his live-televised speech today that 41 states and DC now have average gas prices under $2.99. In fact, 0 states have an average that low. Rather, 41 states and DC are under $3.99: https://t.co/yvvsabmzqK
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 23, 2022
How does this happen when the man is carefully prepped and reading from a teleprompter at every public appearance?
Darn that teleprompter was wrong again.
— Rowan (@canmericanized) September 24, 2022
It could be just a matter of knowing what year it is, though it is getting harder to recall a time when gas prices were that low.
In his mind, he probably thinks it’s 1998. https://t.co/gR0ddUEnJF
— Defiant Baptist (@DefiantBaptist) September 24, 2022
Considering the President has no bearing on gas prices, until it becomes beneficial for polling purposes, knowing the actual cost of gasoline for the common American citizen isn’t really all that important.
— The Laughing Man (@laughingmantwit) September 24, 2022
Once again, the narrative is far more important than the fact for the DNC. It is very important for the public perception to be that Biden is doing everything in is excessive power to bring gas prices down. Regardless of why they increased or what is likely to happen after the midterms.
Every day, for the last six weeks, we wake up to lower gas prices at the pump.
President Biden is delivering relief to the family budget!
Biden works for the American people daily by putting kitchen table issues first.#DemVoice1 pic.twitter.com/19Ii6xHEoS
— Democrats (@demvoice1) September 23, 2022
If only a certain face of the Democrat party could quit rambling the occasional unauthorized truth.
Biden admits that gas prices are down because he drained the stockpile pic.twitter.com/YM1z7gaZt3
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 23, 2022
.@JDVance1: "The fact that we are depleting the petroleum reserve of this country, so Joe Biden can claim a victory on gas prices for a midterm election, is the most politically selfish thing an American president has done in recent memory.” https://t.co/azyhv09AJx
— Ned Ryun (@nedryun) September 22, 2022
Regardless of actual gas prices and how they compare to previous administrations or how said prices may be temporarily manipulated, the POTUS Twitter account is on top of the all-important midterm election narrative with a consistent message:
As we head into fall, gas prices are down 27 percent over more than 13 straight weeks of declines.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 18, 2022
At current gas prices, a family with two cars is saving an average of $140 a month compared to if prices had stayed at their mid-June peak.
That's a big deal for families like the one I grew up in.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 19, 2022
Folks, gas prices are now back to levels they were at in early March.
That means nearly all of the increases since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine have been wiped out.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 20, 2022
Gas prices fell by $1.30 this summer, that's good news for families.
But energy companies are making record profits and retailer margins are 30% above normal.
That’s money that should be in folks' pockets. Industry must pass savings on to consumers by lowering prices. Now.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 22, 2022
That’s right folks, we are well on our way to the utopian promised land as long as everyone buys into the propaganda and votes blue in the midterms. Just don’t think about it too much and you will receive everything you are entitled to (and we aren’t talking about lower gas prices).
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