Pressing for a gas tax holiday, his latest irrelevant response to economy-crushing price rises, President Joe Biden defaulted to his rhetorical tic of whispering.

After explicitly aiming his comments at “companies running gas stations” and reminding them that this is “a time of war, global peril, Ukraine” — all of which misdirect attention away from his own culpability — he implores his victims to “bring down the price you are charging at the pump.”