It’s been a fabulous week for the Biden administration!
First, the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Then, if you’ll recall, President Joe Biden proudly announced yesterday that “our economy had 0% inflation in the month of July.”
And today Axios is reporting that, according to AAA, the national average price per gallon of regular gas is $3.990. That officially puts it below $4.00 a gallon, which, as Axios reminds us, is the “the psychological barrier”:
Early this morning, AAA posted the national average price of a gallon of regular gas at $3.990, dropping under the psychological barrier of $4. https://t.co/2RgFv9FjiC
— Axios (@axios) August 11, 2022
Wow! Great news! After Joe Biden went to work depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and consumer demand for gas fell during the summer (thanks in no small part to the fact that gas had become increasingly unaffordable for more and more Americans), we’re finally below that psychological barrier!
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— The List (@ListComesForAll) August 11, 2022
We’re not sure who decided that $4.00 a gallon was the psychological barrier, of course, but hey. You take the good news where you can get it, and Axios really, really wants this to be good news.
Axios reads minds now https://t.co/zikymwfwEv
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) August 11, 2022
Wait, what? When did we agree that there was a "psychological barrier" at $4? https://t.co/9tK9ZHXH1h
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) August 11, 2022
The psychological barrier is $3, not $4.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 11, 2022
If there is an official psychological barrier, it’s not $4.00. At least not in this country.
Gas was under $2.40 per gallon when he took office. https://t.co/x6X1RSLdrc
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 11, 2022
It was $2.39 the day Biden took office…
Barely under $4 isn’t victory lap worthy.
— Baylor Cook (@ItsBaylorCook) August 11, 2022
Biden Admin: “We’re lowering gas prices!”
Reality: Gas prices are still up over 65% under the Biden Administration.
— Baylor Cook (@ItsBaylorCook) August 11, 2022
Put the cake and Champagne away, Axios. And take off those party hats. You guys look ridiculous.
It's more like an economic barrierhttps://t.co/TqIhEHQea0
— PhotographicFloridian (@JackLinFLL) August 11, 2022
Psst… it’s an ECONOMIC barrier. Tens of millions of Americans aren’t psychologically suffering, they’re economically suffering.
— Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) August 11, 2022
“Psychological barrier” my pocketbook doesn’t agree that it’s a psychology problem.
— 🇺🇸 🚛 Lisa ☢️ RAIDED ☢️ McG ®🍀🇺🇸 (@LisaMcGov) August 11, 2022
I just filled up at $5.59 a gallon here in California. We are a long way from your psychological barrier. https://t.co/1kEECgJ4or
— Mark Meuser for U.S. Senate (@MarkMeuser) August 11, 2022
In any event, Axios seems to have hit their intellectual barrier.
Ahh nothing like some sweet sweet propaganda with my morning coffee. Thanks Axios!
— Ken 🇺🇲 (@HunterKen7) August 11, 2022
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