Gaslighting Americans at the Gas Pump

As if we need any more proof Biden & Co. think Americans are stupid, on Friday, White House staffers sent the media an Orwellian-level gaslighting email entitled, “ICYMI:  America Just Got A $100-A-Month Raise.’” Weird, right? I seem to have missed that “raise.”

Included in the email was a link to a insidious CNN article of the same headline that gushed about how great lower gas prices are — all due, of course, to Joe Biden’s historical and miraculous leadership. The “next time you stop at a gas station, think of it as a $100-a-month tax cut. Or a maybe $100-a-month raise,” the article began. Seriously? Yes, seriously. CNN goes on to puff that “half of the gas stations in the nation are charging less than” the national average and “28% of the 130,000 gas stations tracked by OPIS are now charging less than $3.50 a gallon.” Wowza, it’s almost like that’s how averages work!

Unsurprisingly, there’s a glaring flaw in the left’s Common Core Math Propagandizing Extravaganza, since that also means half of the gas stations in the country are charging more than the national average. Yes, math is hard, but even a word girl like me knows how averages work. According to AAA, as of Friday the national average price for gasoline stood at $3.92 per gallon, meaning half the nation’s stations — like those in the entire northwestern, southwestern, and northeastern U.S. states — are charging well over $4.00 per gallon. In the once-golden state of California, for example, we’re paying an average of $5.33 per gallon. Personally, I paid $5.45 per gallon to fill up earlier this week, but according to the left, I should totally be grateful it’s not $6.00 or more. Puhleeze. – READ MORE