Media Adopts Biden’s Strategy of Blaming Putin for Gigantic Gas PricesWendell Husebø 9 Mar 2022
The establishment media on Wednesday adopted President Joe Biden’s strategy of blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for Americans’ pain at the pump.
While gas prices rose about one dollar before the run-up to the Ukrainian war, gas prices have increased about 70 cents since the invasion of Ukraine, yet the media rarely makes that distinction. Instead, the media has taken the same tact as Biden, who has pinned the total of the all-time record gas prices on “Putin’s price hike.”
“It’s going to go up [gas prices], ” Biden said about the gas prices Tuesday. “Can’t do much right now. Russia is responsible,” he claimed.
Likewise, the often Democrat-allied media was quick to cite Putin for the soaring gas costs as a “counter-narrative strategy” to face “economic headaches sparked by highs inflation and persistent supply chain issues.”
Reuters penned the headline on Wednesday, “Biden’s political strategy on U.S. gas hikes? Blame it on Putin.” The story suggested Biden “is considering a variety of options to try to blunt the impact of high pump prices but is realistic about the pain to come.”
The Hill published the title Wednesday, “Democrats look for cover on rising gas prices,” and noted that “President Biden made the point of blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for the increase, calling it ‘Putin’s price hike.'”
“Democrats believe they have some political cover because of the bipartisan backlash to Russia,” the article continued.
Not everyone on Capitol Hill blames Putin for Biden’s soaring gas prices. Congressional Republicans were quick to note Biden’s displacement of the blame for the outrageous gas prices and denied the totality of the gas hike was a result of the Ukrainian war.
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