Joe Biden Shakes Hands With Thin Air and Generally Insults Everyone’s Intelligence

I’m constantly amazed that the White House keeps letting Joe Biden make as many public appearances as they do. Has it not become clear that he’s completely incapable of appearing upright and sentient? But I suppose the president can do what he wants, and he wants to be in front of the people, no matter how harmful to America’s posture that may be.

On Thursday, Biden gave a speech in which he discussed inflation, and then proceeded to get lost on stage, attempting to shake hands with thin air. No, I’m not kidding, but let’s start with the content, first.

The assertion that “70 percent of the increase in inflation” is a result of “Putin’s price hike” is a ridiculously stupid and misleading claim. What the White House is attempting to do is assert that gas prices were the main driver of inflation, and that gas prices increases are solely the fault of Russia. One, the idea that gas prices would have remained flat had Russia not invaded Ukraine is laughable. They were already on a steady climb prior to that. Two, to discount the rest of the inflationary boom is insulting to everyone’s intelligence.

For example, inflation on meats and other grocery items range between 13 to 18 percent. Natural gas is up 22 percent as well. To pretend that the only thing that’s really gone up is gas is not only false, but it also ignores the fact that gas going up is, and stick with me, costly and bad. Biden’s attempt to chop up the inflation numbers is a total insult.

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