Posted on 10/14/2022 5:34:49 PM PDT by lowbridge
President Biden brushed off $7-a-gallon gas in California — saying “that’s always been the case” and confusingly linking it to housing — after paying $60 for takeout Thursday at a Los Angeles taco shop.
Biden said without elaboration that “housing” was “the most important thing” for gas prices, which in California actually surged 39% over the past 12 months for an average of $6.20 per gallon, according to AAA.
“The inflation report is out. Have you seen gas prices around here in LA? It’s 7 bucks a gallon almost,” a reporter said after Biden handed a cashier three $20 bills for a $16.45 order of six tacos and two quesadillas.
“Well, that’s always been the case here,” Biden replied.
“You know, it’s not — what — nationwide, they came down about $1.35, and they’re still down over a dollar. But we’re going to work on — housing is the big — is the most important thing we have to do in terms of that.”
It’s unclear if Biden, who turns 80 next month, intended to draw a closer link between the two subjects before his reply was cut off by a different reporter’s question, but his answer attracted attention after a series of recent gaffes.
James Gallagher, the Republican minority leader in the California Assembly, tweeted, “Bidenism at its finest in LA today. High gas prices is a housing problem?”
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A better question is “HAS HE GONE A DAY IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITHOUT A GAFFE”.
Oh, no, Joetato has been a gaffe-O-matic machine since day one.
But he used to be able to go for some time between gaffes.
I am being quite literal when I say he hasn’t gone a single day in the last three years without a gaffe. Excluding days he’s holed up and says nothing publicly. Who knows what insane babble he spews when he’s alone with his butt wipers?
He/they enjoy pokin the badger.
Watch and pray. Seek first His kingdom. Don’t be deceived. Don’t get distracted.
The Groom of the Fool knows.
My favorite street tacos place is at least $2.25 per item here in the Midwest.
In the video the cashier said he was giving Biden a 50% discount for “public service”. This was common where I worked as a Firefighter, but we were not allowed to accept the discount by department policy. The actual price for Tacos at this place is $3.50 a piece and $4.50 for quesadillas. The actual price for everyone else would have been $30 + $3 in tax = $33.
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Thanks for the info
“’tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt”-Abraham Lincoln
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