Biden Regime Is INTENTIONALLY Causing Inflation & Gas Crisis
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June 11, 2022 at 07:14AM Is Biden Purposely Raising Gas Prices to Fuel His Green Agenda?
A new poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group found that over 53 percent of people “believe the Biden administration is intentionally letting gas prices rise to make Americans use less fossil fuels.”
While 56 percent of voters agreed that the high fuel prices is Biden’s fault.
Gas prices have nearly doubled since Biden took office just over a year ago when the national average price was just $2.39.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel called out Biden’s energy policies that have caused economic stress on Americans. “Joe Biden’s war on American energy has forced families across the country to empty their wallets to fill their tanks. Unfortunately, Biden is doubling-down on his disastrous agenda because he’s not the one paying the price, the American people are.”
Since Biden has stepped foot into the Oval Office, he has cancelled the Keystone XL Pipeline, imposed restrictions on fossil fuel companies and banned all imports of Russian oil into the U.S., which all caused the spike in fuel prices. Yet, he continues to shift his blame elsewhere, from accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, dubbed as “Putin’s Price Hike,” to saying oil companies and “their greed” are the reason for the pain at the pump.
Backlash as Biden Says High Gas Prices Are Part of ‘Incredible Transition’
President Joe Biden drew a biting rebuke on Twitter and Fox News after saying that record-high gas prices are part of an “incredible transition” away from fossil fuels.
Biden made the comment during a press conference Monday in Tokyo, Japan, as part of a diplomatic trip to Asia. The president’s foes quickly pounced on the comment as proof that Biden’s clean-energy policies were woefully out of touch and harming the American public with heightened gas prices.
Appearing at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden was asked by a reporter if Americans should expect a recession as gas prices remain high and the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to rein in historically high inflation.
Biden said he didn’t expect a recession, pointing to the low unemployment rate and how America’s economy is growing faster than China’s for the first time in decades. While Biden acknowledged the U.S. has problems, he said they are “less consequential than the rest of the world has because of our internal growth and strength.”
“And when it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,” said Biden.
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $4.56 on Monday. In California, gas was pricier at $6.06 per gallon. In some places, a gallon costs more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Biden has laid out an ambitious plan to bolster the production of electric cars and infrastructure to support them. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused Biden to pivot from his clean-energy ambitions to increase the supply of oil.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said on a Fox News appearance that Biden wasn’t troubled by the high price of gas.
“He’s in Tokyo celebrating, saying ‘it’s an incredible transition,'” Cruz said. “Incredible for you! You fly a damn 747 where the taxpayers pay for your jet fuel. What Joe Biden is saying is, if you at home, if you drive a pickup truck, ‘to hell with you; you can’t drive your pickup truck. If you have a Suburban, you’ve got to get rid of that. We’re all getting Toyota Priuses.'”
Florida Senator Rick Scott said on Twitter that Biden was celebrating Americans struggling to make ends meet.
Other critics of the president also weighed in on Twitter.
“How can the average person afford an $80k electric vehicle?” asked Twitter user Hawkc.
Twitter user Sifrit Raesmusen said, “I identify my car as one that runs on hopes and dreams, so I’m good.”
Twitter user Jose Ortega came to the president’s defense, writing, “Gas prices are up all over the world, has nothing to do with Biden.”
Other Twitter users brought up the 2022 midterm elections.
“Remember this and remember you can help create an incredible transition this November,” Twitter user zulupapaquebec wrote. “And an even more incredible one in 2024.”
Newsweek has reached out to the White House for comment.
via Newsweek
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