Cue the disco dancing, shag carpets, and “have a nice day” bumper stickers. Republicans are getting a 1970s feeling about inflation, high gas prices, and turmoil in the Middle East, betting that voters will begin to see President Joe Biden as a Jimmy Carter clone.

A Republican National Committee statement earlier this month juxtaposed images of Biden and Carter in a spoof of a poster for Back to the Future (ironically, a Ronald Reagan-era film). “The images this weekend are just a sign of what’s to come, and the damage of Biden’s policies will make the crisis of 1979 look like nothing,” the RNC’s rapid response director said.