Is it possible that dementia is contagious? It looks like we have a new medical condition that might need quarantining. Joe Biden, as the world knows, is mentally challenged and many times simply incoherent. Now he is claiming that Americans are paying less for gas than an average of the last 15 years. Actually, the cost of gas, is up more than a dollar just in the past year, with most if it since January.
“A look at the data shows the White House is struggling with the numbers, using inflationary clarifiers such as “less in real terms” to fudge the numbers.
A look at average price data shows gas prices since 2006 (15 years ago) averaged 2.813. The cost of gas is up 7.3 percent from the average
Gas prices since 1991 averaged 2.082, so the current cost of gas is up 45 percent.
Biden and his White House are afraid of the truth. So they lie. Why be subtle about it?
Charlie Spiering, Breitbart, 5/28/21
CLAIM: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed Americans were “paying about the same for gas” under President Joe Biden as they were during former President Donald Trump’s administration in 2018 and 2019. The White House also claimed Americans are “paying less in real terms for gas than they have on average over the last 15 years.”
VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. A look at the data shows the White House is struggling with the numbers, using inflationary clarifiers such as “less in real terms” to fudge the numbers.
A look at average price data shows gas prices since 2006 (15 years ago) averaged 2.813. The cost of gas is up 7.3 percent from the average
Gas prices since 1991 averaged 2.082, so the current cost of gas is up 45 percent.
Psaki’s talking point about the current cost of gas being “about the same” as 2018 in 2019 is close, but still four or five cents above what the cost of gas was during the Trump era.
According to the St. Louis Fed here are the prices for gas on recent Memorial Days.
Memorial Day Gas Prices Under Trump
2017: $2.406
2018: $2.962
2019: $2.822
2020: $1.960
Under Biden
2021: $3.044
Psaki blamed “global forces” and the rapidly growing economy for rising prices and promised to continue monitoring prices in the future.
