After the President informed a reporter that California gas was “always” $7 a gallon, prominent users of Twitter attempted to probe Vice President Joe Biden.
Here is the latest report on Inflation. Do you know how much petrol costs in Los Angeles right now? A reporter confronted Biden about the price of gas as he paid for his meal at a Los Angeles taco business. “It’s over $7 a gallon,” the reporter said.
Biden’s response was, “Well, it’s always been that around here.” Prices at the pump dropped by roughly $1.35 countrywide and have continued to drop by more than a dollar. But we’re going to get to work on it because housing is the biggest, most significant thing in that category.
Social media users were quick to criticize Vice President Biden for his statement regarding California’s gas prices and his attempt to redirect the conversation to housing.
This is Bidenist perfection in LA right now. How do rising gas prices affect people’s ability to buy homes? “Republican minority leader in the California Convention James Gallagher tweeted.
Lee Zeldin, a Republican running for governor of New York, pointed out that petrol in California cost $3.36 per gallon when Joe Biden took office, presenting his own fact check on the vice president. To which she said, “That is not correct. In fact, he tweeted, “Gas prices in California were less than half what they were today when Biden was sworn in as President.
Mark Meuser, a Republican running for the Senate in California, responded to Biden’s remark with a tweet claiming that the President is “out of touch” with the way in which his policies are “killing” the country.
Mr. President, I’m sorry to break it to you, but $7 gas is not the norm in California. Before you became President, $5 gas was considered outrageously excessive in California. Obviously, you have no idea how much damage your policies are doing to the country. His tweets were very brief.
The American Automobile Association (AAA) said that on Monday, the national median price of a gallon of gas jumped to $3.92, but as high as $7 in California. Biden hasn’t done anything to calm things down, and he and Katie Porter are clearly losing it. Republican California House candidate Scott Baugh chimed in, “Government spending is making Americans suffer more.”
That California has the highest gas costs in the country is a goal shared by Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington. California Republican Party Chair Jessica Millan Patterson jokingly thanked Vice President Joe Biden for his assistance in the party’s historic year of wins in 2017.
The statements Biden made to the media on Saturday were met with criticism as well.
Biden was asked if he was worried about the strength of the US dollar in the face of rising Inflation during a call with a reporter at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Oregon.
I’m not worried about the strength of the dollar,” Biden said, holding a chocolate ice cream cone. Concern for international affairs occupies my mind. “Our economy is doing damn well.”
He continued, “Inflation is a global problem. It’s even worse than in the US. So the issue isn’t with our own economy but with the lack of economic growth and decent policies in other countries. Inflation on a global scale.