Gas Prices Have Officially Doubled From Trump's Last Day in Office

Insurrection? Don't we all wish.

National gas prices have doubled since Biden took office The Biden administration denies that its policies could be contributing to the inflation surge

Since Biden took office in January 2021, the price for a gallon of gas has doubled.

On Jan. 20, 2021, the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide was approximately $2.39. As of Saturday, the price for a gallon of gas has skyrocketed to $4.81, up five cents from Friday, according to AAA.

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The White House Tuesday declined to say Biden's policies are responsible for the high inflation that has materialized under his watch.

"His policies has helped the economy get back on its feet. That's what his policy has, his policies has done," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in response to a question from Fox News' Peter Doocy about if Biden takes any responsibility for inflation. "When we talk about the gas prices right now, this is indeed Putin's gas hike... We have seen about 60% increase in the past several months because of the amassing and his invasion of Ukraine."

Economic dissatisfaction is at a fifty year high.

Eighty-three percent of Americans describe the state of the economy as poor or not so good, according to a Wall Street Journal-NORC Poll. Only one percent describe the economy as "excellent."

Thirty-five percent said they are not at all satisfied with their financial condition, the highest level of dissatisfaction since NORC began asking the question every few years starting in 1972.

Sixty-three percent of Americans say they are extremely or very concerned about the price of gas. Fifty-four percent say they are extremely or very concerned about the impact of high grocery prices on their household's financial situation. Just 13 percent say they not very or not at all concerned about gas prices and 19 percent about grocery prices.

The share of Americans who think they can improve their standard of living has plunged. Just 27 percent now say they have a good chance of improving, down from 47 percent a year ago. Forty-six percent say they don't have a good chance of improving their standard of living.

Only 38 percent of Americans say they are generally optimistic about the opportunity for most people to achieve the American dream. Sixty-eight percent say they are generally pessimistic.

ABC News poll: people are upset about "Putin's Tax."

In the poll, 80% of Americans say that inflation is also an extremely or very important factor in how they will vote and for gas prices, it is 74%.

Joe Biden's approval ratings for his handling of these key issues are all well underwater, suggesting trouble for the president and Democratic candidates ahead of the midterm. Only 37% approve of Biden's handling of the economic recovery, and even fewer approve of his handling of inflation (28%) and gas prices (27%).

Janet Yellen's biographer reports that she warned him that his spending and "stimulus" packages would be inflationary -- and he ignored her.

Yellen denies this but yeah, whatever.

Janet Yellen, worried by the specter of inflation, initially urged Biden administration officials to scale back the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan by a third, according to an advance copy of a biography on the Treasury secretary.

"Privately, Yellen agreed with Summers that too much government money was flowing into the economy too quickly," writes Owen Ullmann, the book's author and a veteran Washington journalist, referring to former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, who severely criticized the size of the aid plan. The book is due out on Sept. 27.

A Treasury spokesperson disputed the claims.

Harry Enten notes that the generic congressional ballot looks the best for the GOP since... 1938.

And you know who else looked good in 1938.

I would say they’re looking very good from the historical context. Basically, I took the best Republican positions on the generic congressional ballot at this point in midterm cycles since 1938, that generic ballot basically is, "Would you vote for the generic Republican or generic Democrat in your district?"

And guess what, since 1938, the Republican two-point lead on the generic congressional ballot is the best position for Republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years. It beats 2010, when Republicans were up a point.

Mediaite's Kipp Jones digests the interview further:

Enten noted in 2010, Republicans held a one-point advantage and took the House by storm. He pointed out in 1998, 2002 and 2014, Democrats held a one-point generic ballot advantage. Each time, Republicans took the House majority.

"Now, of course, the election is not being held tomorrow, and we'll see," Enten added. "Sometimes history isn't always prologue, but my estimate for the 2023 House makeup, if the election were held today, which again, it isn't, we still have five months, five months from tomorrow, would be Republicans, 236 seats to 241 seats. Democrats, 194 to 199. That's based off a formula of seat-to-seat race ratings from the Cook Political Report and Inside Elections."

Tapper noted a House where Republicans held up to 241 seats would be a "stomping," to which Enten agreed.

Video of that at the end of the post.

InteractivePolls
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2022 Generic Congressional Ballot
Republicans 50% (+9)
Democrats 41%
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2022 Generic Senate Ballot
Republicans 48% (+6)
Democrats 42%

June 2022 / 1,500 LV

That poll finds that most voters find Biden "incompetent." And they wish that Trump were still president.

According to the poll of 1,500 likely voters for the Washington DC based Democracy Institute, 54 percent said they would prefer Trump to be President now compared to a woeful 43 percent for Biden. It comes as Biden is mired in an economic crisis and has been accused of "a failure of leadership" which is seeing Americans turn their backs on Ukraine.

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According to the Democracy Institute/Express US monthly US tracker poll, almost three-quarters of the country (73 percent), believe America is heading in the wrong direction under Biden.

He has not been helped by a national shortage of baby formula, even though he has ordered emergency supplies with 61 percent blaming him for the crisis.

A depressed US electorate also appears to expect the worst under Biden's leadership, with 63 percent expecting the US to enter a recession.

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The poll says that six in 10 Americans think Biden has handled the economy poorly.

And more than half of Americans (54 percent) are unhappy with Biden's record as President and believe he is incompetent.

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Almost two-thirds (65 percent) don't believe Biden will secure a second term in 2024. When matched against Trump, the former President comes out on top by 48 percent to 43 percent.

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Director of the Democracy Institute Patrick Basham said that voters in America have "buyers' regret" about Biden after a disappointing Presidency.

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He went on: "The view is that Biden is now inept and incompetent."

Biden's slipping with black voters, too.

A bit. I mean, let's not get crazy here.

Now, a Washington Post/Ipsos poll shows Black Americans souring on the President just a bit. While the polling shows that 70 percent of the 1250 respondents approve of Biden's performance, only 23 percent "strongly approve." This may seem like an irrelevant difference, but the shift in certainty could be representative of the public frustration over Biden's failure to keep his campaign promises.

Black Americans in particular were moved by the Biden/Harris campaign's unkeepable promise to forgive student debt. Biden tried to gin up the Black voter base by recalling the days of the Democrat-led, segregated South, calling Georgia's election reform laws "Jim Crow 2.0." However, his hyperbole lost a lot of steam after Georgia turned out record numbers in primary voting. Meanwhile, Black voters have been feeling the sting of inflation and gas prices just like everyone else.

Biden is reportedly considering -- I mean, his puppeteers are reportedly considering -- an illegal scheme to forgive, by unconstitutional dictatorial fiat, $10,000 of student debt for everyone, which would cost around six billion dollars.

Supposedly. You know that's a low-ball.

This is entirely illegal.

So why are Biden's puppeteers plotting this brazenly illegal act?

Because Stacy Abrams told them to.

Charlie Sykes: How did they not get this? James, I'm sorry... How do they not get this? You look at the states -- like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio -- what percentage of the population has college degrees? And yet you are asking all of those people who are experiencing high anxiety to pay for this transfer of wealth.... And then I'm sorry, I know that Twitter is not real life ... but all of these folks saying, 'This is a betrayal. Only $10,000? I have $50,000 in college debt. If the Democrats are only going to forgive $10,000, well, then I'm not going to vote for them.' Suck it, Buttercup.

I mean, seriously, where does Joe Biden think this groundswell is going to come from, except for this small group of highly-entitled college graduates who dominate the staffing and the inner workings of the Democratic party?

James Hohmann: I've asked, I've repeatedly asked people. And I've asked a lot of people in the White House this question, and essentially the answer is that this is the fault of Stacey Abrams and Raphael Warnock.

Charlie Sykes: What?

James Hohmann: Stacey Abrams has been browbeating the White House on this, and says that this is the only way she could win -- that this is going to be a base turnout election. This isn't about persuading people in the middle, it's about getting the base to turn out. And the base isn't going to turn out if they don't do this, and that they have all sorts of stats about how a lot of graduates from HBCUs have all this debt. And so there are a lot of people very close to the president who privately understand that this is a complete disaster for them. But the president is being pulled really hard by these woke leftists who ... believe it's all about the base. They just don't get it because they haven't spent time in the WOW counties or in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

Audio of that part of the interview below, as excerpted on Megyn Kelly.

Here's Jake the Fake hearing the bad news about his precious Democrat Party:

Two points Enten makes: the economy is chosen as the most important issue by 48% of respondents. Biden's approval on his handling of the economy is at net -26% approval (disapproval exceeds approval by 26 points), which is tied for the lowest of all presidents in the last forty years.

And who's he tied with? Jimmy Carter, of course. CNN forgot to mention that.

Because, reportedly, Biden hates, hates the Jimmy Carter comparisons.

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