Posted on 03/08/2022 2:24:25 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising gas prices pose a fresh election year challenge for President Joe Biden. He’s balancing concerns about costs at the pump in the U.S. against calls from both parties to step up penalties on Russian President Vladimir Putin following his invasion of Ukraine.
In announcing a ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil on Tuesday, Biden was blunt in warning that while the move would hurt Putin, “there will be a cost as well here in the United States.” He sought to avoid being blamed for that by dubbing it “Putin’s price hike.”
Later, while arriving on a visit to Texas, Biden was asked if he had a message for the American people about gas prices and responded, “They’re going to go up.”
“Can’t do much right now,” the president added in response to questions. “Russia is responsible.”
That’s a message the president may have to reinforce repeatedly in coming days as drivers in the U.S. adjust to the shock of rapidly increasing gasoline prices, which reached a record average of $4.17 per gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA. That increase, combined with concerns about the rising cost of other goods, could add to the headwinds Democrats are facing heading into this year’s midterm elections.
Still, top Republicans blamed Biden for the higher gas prices, and assailed the White House for promoting climate change-fighting environmental measures that they said had hurt U.S. energy production domestically and helped drive fuel prices up.
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If Biden wasn’t such a dummass, he’d have left our energy independence alone instead of pissing it away in a fit of pique.
Nice ads for the midterms
Prices are going to go up, I cant do much
The biden crowd is happy happy happy
The only challenge for this diaper-wrapped, lying pig face is his next diaper change. Pity the poor soul on that detail.
FJB, FKH, FDNC
I’m not the most astute person politically, but even I know this article is meant for damage control.
The solution to high gas prices is easy. Drill our oil, Frack our Natural Gas, XL Pipe oil from Canada. Just like MAGA MAN.
Time for the elite to elect a new people.
Just take off the stranglehold you have on the throats of us all.
Like George Floyd was saying, “I can’t BREATHE!” I believe the policeman, rightly or wrongly, was convicted and sentenced to prison for not releasing the chokehold quickly enough.
Who is going to convict and send to prison those who will not release their chokehold on the US economy?
Fresh, as in steamy.
NOTHING stops a determined Patriot !
He knew cancelling Keystone XL would make things worse.
Maybe solar-powered cars will fix everything.
I'm pretty sure a lot of people check gas prices every day when they drive to work or run errands. They see the price consistently increase, and then when they actually buy gas they are hit with the hard cold reality the Biden eff'd up another thing. It is unavoidable unless one buys into Russia Russia Russia.
Biden made two mistakes. He cut our supply, then he muffed the Russia negotiations. Both are his fault.
Biden’s War reaping full benefits from enviro-wackos check books on backs of average Americans
You have to admit, that the Dems go “all in” on everything.
No one is stupid enough to believe this. Prices for energy started going up the day the man took office and every person who purchased gas or diesel knows this as fact.
Note the sampling of people and organizations:
-A person in Brooklyn
-A person in Virginia (I’ll bet within 15 miles of DC)
-The Brookings “Institution”
“political headwinds”
I’d say that it will be more like walking into a “climate-change enhanced” F7 tornado.
DNC gaslighting is carried out by Partisan Media Shills, so, no. The Demagogic Party relies on divisiveness to hang on to its rank and file stooges.
Captain Obvious is a having a field day.....
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