Posted on 11/17/2021 7:30:03 PM PST by fluorescence
Joe Biden's presidency isn't even a year old, but anonymous Republican foot soldiers with an eye to the 2024 election are already on the attack. Their weapons are stickers, placed like land mines for the mind on gas pumps across America. The stickers include an image of a shirtless, uncombed Hunter Biden with a cigarette dangling from his lips and the words, "Gas prices higher than Hunter Biden."
Hunter Biden, the president's son, went public with his addiction struggles in a memoir, "Beautiful Things," published in April (via Associated Press). Supporters of the Republican Party, including allies in the conservative news media, have used Biden's struggles with drug and alcohol addiction against the president, according to Yahoo! News. The gas pump stickers are just another phase of the assault on the president's reputation. The stickers convey two right-wing messages: one, that the president is "a weak liberal who has no control of the people around him," as Tucker Carlson said on Fox News, and two, that the president is to blame for soaring gas prices.
At least one Costco employee took to Reddit to vent their frustration over people sticking those "higher than Hunter Biden" stickers on the warehouse chain's gas pumps. Redditor "Thatdudedoesnotabide" posted a photo of the Hunter Biden sticker on a Costco gas station pump with the caption, "Hi yes employee here, we really do not, I mean DO NOT care about your political preference, find something better do please." Later, in the comments, the poster added, "It's pathetic honestly, especially when it's taking up our time removing these before opening."
Presidents shouldn't get credit or blame for Costco's gas prices
Biden bashers can also go on Etsy and purchase a similar sticker that shows Joe Biden pointing, with the text, "I did that!" The stickers are intended to be placed on a gas pump so that Biden is pointing at the price lit up on those little digital screens. But of course, the president of the United States can't be blamed for high gas prices, just as he (or someday maybe, she) can't take the credit when they are low. Gasoline prices nearly doubled from April 2020, when Donald Trump was still president, to October 2021, per CNN. There was no presidential decree on gas prices in either case. Rather, the simple economic law of supply and demand was in play. Demand was low when everyone was staying at home in the early days of the pandemic, and demand has rebounded since then, while supply hasn't caught up yet.
Oil companies have been slow to pick up the pace on drilling new wells in the U.S., as they have been more inclined to save money and tap out existing wells during what has been a very lean year for them, according to Reuters. The pace of drilling should pick up in 2022, and Biden was recently quoted in a separate Reuters article saying he expects prices at the pump to fall next year.
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This is explains why when filling up at Costco the other day the attendant ran over and checked over the display of the pump.
Yup. I think about the losers who jacked up the gas prices every time I go to the gas station. Every pump in America should have a sticker.
The cemetery demographic did not care about Hunter Biden’s addictions but many people who have a loved one suffering from addiction did.
Demographic analysis of the stolen election of 2020 is like measuring wood framing with a bowl of spaghetti.
BTTT!!
haha, well I found some on ebay, ordered 2 sets of Biden and 1 set of Trump saying Biden did that. Gonna be great Christmas gifts. Can’t wait for me and the crew to “distribute” these in liberal area gas stations and grocery stores!
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“Hunter is untouchable because the poor lad is an addict.”
Yes, and he “struggles”. Such a brave and valiant underdog.
Here in North Central Taxes regular gasoline can still be found for under $3 a gallon. So I’ve not seen many of those stickers.
Yet.
If that's so, it's probably because the kiddy porn he was involved in on his laptop was not shared by any news network they watch.
That article is full on damage control for the biden administration.
What a bunch of brown noses.
LOL!
Very creative.
LOL! Those are awesome.
And yet people keep buying. In a rational world, when the price goes up the sales go down.
I bought mine on Amazon yesterday.
Decal Dude 100-Pack Biden Did That Donald Trump Joe Biden I Did That Decal Stickers Conservative Anti-Biden Funny High Gas Prices Weatherproof UV Resistant Stickers
If you liked the first one - you’ll love this one...
I got my pack of 100 stickers b($6.00) showing Brandon pointing and saying I did that. They go on gas pumps. Amazon sells them until the Democrat/communist force Bezos to stop.
I bought 100 of the joe biden “i did that stickers” Arrived yesterday- i’m locked and loaded!!
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