(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden has repeatedly pointed to the crisis in Ukraine as the source of the marked increase in gas prices and inflation, but critics point
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As Russia conflict pushes gas prices higher, House GOP leader blames Biden
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Biden blames gas prices, inflation on Putin, but critics push back
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Biden claims 'inflation is largely the fault of Putin,' not Democratic spending
Republicans are refining their political attacks on President Joe Biden after he answered demands for a federal ban on Russian energy imports, spotlighting a sticker-shock at the gas pump that they blame squarely on the administration.
America's immediate political future will turn on this critical point: whether drivers stung by record gas prices blame Russian President Vladimir Putin or US President Joe Biden.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday sought to pin the blame on President Biden for high gasoline prices, though experts say that presidents can only have a limited impact on the global marke
Former President Donald Trump aired his grievances about his successor, arguing in a Fox News interview Wednesday that President Biden is to blame for high energy costs and record-high prices at the pump as Russia wages war against Ukraine.
Former Obama adviser Steven Rattner reacted to the new inflation report on Thursday, urging President Biden to take responsibility for soaring prices instead of pointing fingers at Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Joe Biden on Thursday suggested the new consumer price index report showing soaring inflation reflected the pinch Americans are feeling due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other factors.
Steve Rattner, the lead adviser on former President Barack Obama's Task Force on the Auto Industry, says President Joe Biden is responsible for historic inflation and skyrocketing gas prices — not Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Biden on Thursday said that the inflation report shows Americans are feeling the impacts of the price hike brought on by President Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Ukraine.
President Biden on Friday put the blame squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine for surging inflation and rising gas prices, a pair of domestic crises that vexed his administration before the invasion.
Biden addressed the House Democrats at their member retreat in Philadelphia where he touched on the rising inflation across the US, laying the blame of inflation at Putin’s feet amid his war in Ukraine as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden has repeatedly pointed to the crisis in Ukraine as the source of the marked increase in gas prices and inflation, but critics point
President Biden on Monday blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin in large part for soaring U.S. inflation and rising gasoline prices, saying Moscow’s three-week-old invasion of Ukraine has hurt the global economy.
