Posted on 10/19/2022 8:53:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed on Tuesday that Americans are saving money on gasoline under President Joe Biden.
The national average price for gasoline surpassed $5.00 per gallon this summer, even though prices at the pump are currently $3.85 per gallon, according to data from AAA, marking a nearly 62% increase since Biden assumed office at the beginning of last year. Jean-Pierre nevertheless contended that the recent decline is the fruit of the commander-in-chief’s work to decrease costs for Americans.
“Gas prices have fallen by $1.15 from their peak, which was not too long ago,” she told reporters at a press briefing. “The ninety-eighth consecutive-day decline this summer was fastest in over a decade. Every month, the typical two-driver family saves about $120 at the pump compared to where we were in mid-June. Every day, Americans save about $420 million at the pump compared to mid-June.”
Jean-Pierre, however, neglected to mention that prices were as low as $2.38 per gallon before Biden assumed office and $3.53 per gallon when Russia invaded Ukraine.
“Now, gas prices are falling again,” Jean-Pierre continued. “The average retail price is down by five cents over the last week. States that saw sharper increases in recent weeks are also seeing more rapid declines.”
Some regions are indeed witnessing especially severe rises in gas prices. For example, residents of California are paying an average of $5.94 per gallon for regular fuel and $6.59 for diesel.
Biden has emphasized green energy throughout his tenure while leasing less federal land for oil and gas drilling than any administration since the end of World War II. He has also presided over a decrease in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 638 million barrels to 409 million barrels, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. Soon after his inauguration, Biden also nixed Keystone XL pipeline project expansions.
The White House announced on Tuesday that officials would release another 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by December as a completion of the 180 million barrels Biden vowed to release earlier this year. When one reporter pressed Jean-Pierre on why the release was necessary if gas prices are trending downward, she claimed that Americans would receive “a little bit of breathing room” as a result of the policy.
“President Biden has said for months how he is committed to doing everything that he can in his power to address Putin’s price hike,” Jean-Pierre said. “He has said this on almost every speech that you’ve heard him talk about when it comes to gas prices and what the American people are seeing and feeling at the pump. And he’s been delivering on that.”
Democratic officials have claimed that the high energy prices will accelerate a shift toward renewable power sources. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that the “pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas” would cause more Americans to seek benefits from electric vehicles. The Biden administration has set the “ambitious target” of ensuring that electric vehicles constitute 50% of car sales in the United States by 2030, according to a fact sheet from the White House.
What makes her come across so badly is that she is obviously retard stupid, but she assumes supremely arrogant delivery with her wording and body language. I am major league pi$$ed off after listening to her word swill after about 15 seconds.
The Democrats are gone mad talking anything but the economy and inflation, not to mention crime.
Abortions don’t cut the price of gasoline, dead babies don’t fill gas tanks.
“Gender Affirming Healthcare” will not buy your groceries this week.
“... even though prices at the pump are currently $3.85 per gallon,...” Yup. Dropped from $4.34 to $5.69 in our area. Oh, wait. Duh, new math. Now what’s my ESG score again?
Indeed! My gas went from $3.69 to $3.59 today by throwing in the car wash!
The left just lies and lies with no repercussions.
KJP and VP Harris.
I've never seen anybody do more to destroy their credibility than these 2.
I don’t listen to her. Worst diversity hire ever.
Yeah, Harris is too old to go back to the job she excelled at.
Gobbledegook from the golliwog.
According to the MSM:
Anything bad is Putin, Trump or Covid.
Anything good is Biden.
What’s so hard to understand about that?
VP?
She is like biden. She says what she is told to say by the ministry of disinformation.
Dentures have their advantages.....
That’s a solid argument.
Liar.
She makes Circle Back Ginger look wise.
Here in Maine, gas was $1.69 per gallon on March 31, 2020.
I don’t remember who was president then. s/
The only ones saving on gas are dead people. They don’t even have to use gas when they vote.
...but it’s a GOOD sh t sandwich....
Goebbels has nothing on KJP.
5.56mm
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