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‘He’s proud of that?’ Biden advisor bragging about gas prices falling ‘ten cents per gallon’ baffles

April 2, 2022 | | Print Article

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For those who may have a sneaking suspicion that President Joe Biden and the White House are completely out of touch with the problems of ordinary Americans, the remarks from one of the administration’s top economic advisers on gas prices may be sufficient evidence to confirm such an idea.

With a recent poll showing voter concern over inflation and record pump costs far outweighing Biden’s handling of the overseas war between Ukraine and Russia,  the deeply unpopular president announced that he has authorized the release of one million barrels per day from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the next six months, the third time that the emergency supply has been tapped during his tenure.

The “leader” of the free world delivered the news on Twitter where he once again sought to pass the buck on the rise in gas and food prices on Vladimir Putin despite the fact that they have been steadily creeping upward as a result of his disastrous policies, specifically the crippling of the domestic fossil fuel industry that began with the cancelation of the Keystone XL Pipeline on his first day in office.

“Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices all over the world,” Biden said. “To help deal with that, yesterday I authorized the release of 1 million barrels per day for the next six months from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve.”

At Friday’s White House press briefing, Jen Psaki – who’ll reportedly be moving on to MSNBC this spring – trotted out Jared Bernstein, a member of Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors to field questions on economic developments, one of which was how Americans could be affected from extra million barrels a day in terms of relief from the pain at the pump.

When put on the spot by a reporter about whether the third time will be the charm in terms of achieving the desired impact, Bernstein suggested that suffering Americans may soon experience the massive savings of around “ten cents a gallon” which isn’t much with gas prices nearing $7 per gallon in California and well on their way to $5 in states where gassing up is cheapest.

The reporter asked, “Jared, the President has tapped the Strategic Reserve twice before and it still hasn’t had the desired impact. Why is this time going to be different?”

“So, as I said a moment ago, I think that I would definitely challenge the claim that it hasn’t had the desired impact,” Bernstein responded.

“We saw both in the last release and in this release the price of oil come down quite quickly, the price of oil, as I checked before I came on here, was down about $7 per barrel” he said, “and I know that the last time, check it out, because these data are actually quite accessible, look at what happened to the price, the retail price of gasoline after the last release.

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“Now, there, it’s a global market and there’s a lot of moving parts,” he said, “but it is a fact that the price of gasoline fell about 10 cents per gallon shortly after it.”

Bernstein’s remarks conjured memories of the White House’s crowing about how the cost of a July 4th cookout last summer was down a whopping 16 cents from what it was in 2020, a figure that was ridiculed at the time.

Needless to say, Bernstein was dragged on Twitter for the idea that ten cents a gallon is going to make a difference.

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Other than the administration’s astonishing lack of awareness of the reality outside of the Beltway, the much greater problem is that there is no relief coming in the immediate future with nearly three years left in Biden’s presidency, an eternity in terms of the damage that can be inflicted upon the country.

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14 thoughts on “‘He’s proud of that?’ Biden advisor bragging about gas prices falling ‘ten cents per gallon’ baffles”

  1. Hey moe, you’ll save $80 at the gas pump, but on top of the electric car comes the added cost of keeping that car charged as your electric bill shoots up 50% and that during the winter months,,smart move exlax,,,,,,,,FJB,,,,,
    sympl1

  2. Woopie crap! They decided to give us back 10cent per gallon out of the $2.50 per gallon that they added onto it. So their making 2.40 per gal. more out of the deal. And for that they want us to get down and worship them.

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  4.  𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 £𝟏𝟒𝟓 𝐭𝐨 £𝟑𝟗𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 £𝟐𝟑𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 . 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞… 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨…………>>>𝙬𝙬𝙬.𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙗𝙯.𝙘𝙤𝙢

  6. What anyone has to say here, save it for November. Then say it loud and clear because this man is so on tv of touch with reality , the only thing that will get through to him is when he is made irrelevant.

  7. China Joe drove the price of gas up starting the day he was elected. Gas was about $2.00 per gallon on Jan 20 2021, and was admittedly $3.30 on Jan 1, 2022, long before Putin invaded Ukraine. So this stealing of our reserve oil will bring the price from $4.23/gallon to $4.13/ gallon, is something to be proud of? Not to worry, the voters will remember this magnanimous gesture come election time (sarcasm for you liberals out there) Let’s go Brandon. FJB

  10. What do you expect from these lying criminal bastards .
    They will lie ,cheat ,sugar coat it because they all know ,their in deep shit .
    Fkbiden has fkd everything he’s touched . USA is near ruins .
    All the resources shut down when you America WERE self efficient.
    Mid terms approaching, lose the house / senate . 2022
    White House / President trump 2024
    Lock your doors tonight America , Thanks to fkbiden ,, you don’t have a wall.

  11. I watched this entire charade yesterday during the “Jen Psalki Show” when she “gave” us Jarred Berenstein. This old guy acted like he was coaching eager first graders with his pep in the step, lilting voice, and excessively friendly demeanor. He was in so much praise of the Bidenator; I smelled a rat and believed nothing of the saccharin fluff he was nervously spewing.

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