It’s well known that the price of gas has soared since Joe Biden became president — everyone knows this but Biden, apparently. He has routinely spread misinformation about why gas prices were so high, blaming everyone and everything. Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin, OPEC, and the need for renewable energy sources were among the things he blamed. On Thursday, Biden’s misinformation campaign struck again as the president falsely claimed the cost of gas exceeded $5 when his presidency began. It’s a bald-faced lie, and everyone knows it.
“And because of the actions we’ve taken, gas prices are declining. We’re down $1.25 since the peak of this summer, and they’ve been falling for the last three weeks as well, adding up real savings for families,” Biden said during a speech in Syracuse, New York. “Today, the most common price of gas in America is $3.39, down from over $5 when I took office. We need to keep making that progress by having energy companies bring down the cost of a gallon of gas that reflects the cost they’re paying for a barrel of oil.”
JOE BIDEN IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR GAS PRICE MISERY
But like many of Biden’s claims, this is simply not true. According to data from the Energy Information Administration, the average gas price in the country was $2.31 per gallon on Jan. 11, 2021, shortly before Biden took office. On Jan. 25, 2021, after his inauguration, the average was $2.39 per gallon. Neither of those prices is remotely close to the $5 per gallon the president claimed.
Yet perhaps the most startling misinformation was Biden’s claim that gas is now $3.39 per gallon. This is also not true — the EIA showed that as of Oct. 24, the average price of gas was $3.77 per gallon.
All Biden, or any of his handlers in his administration, had to do was spend a few seconds to go to the EIA’s webpage to find this data. It takes less than 10 seconds to find. Yet Biden, once again, chose not to tell the truth. He’s shown he’s just as bad, if not worse, than former President Donald Trump. But all of a sudden, a president’s truthfulness doesn’t matter to Democrats.
His continued lies are a disgrace and quite hypocritical from the guy who routinely criticized his predecessor for not being truthful and promised to do the opposite. But Biden was lying about lying. At this point, no one should believe anything he says. Everyone who voted for him fell for the facade.
