Biden admin torched over 'embarrassing and shameful' messaging on inflation



A senior aide on President Joe Biden's administration got torched online after an "embarrassing and shameful" attempt to deflect criticism about skyrocketing inflation.

Jesse Lee, the senior advisor for communications to the National Economic Council, accused Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida of being in "lockstep" with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his criticism of Biden's policies.

"Putin and @SenRickScott fully in lockstep in blaming Biden for Putin’s Price Hike. So surprising," read Lee's tweet sent on Tuesday with screenshots of Scott's critiques.

While the Biden administration has tried to blame inflation on everything from greedy meat conglomerates to the pandemic, polling shows that more Americans believe Biden and his policies are to blame for inflation.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has also tried to coin the phrase, "Putin's price hike" in an attempt to deflect the criticism.

Many took to social media to excoriate Lee and the Biden administration for the bizarre messaging.

"This is embarrassing and shameful messaging coming from the White House. It's time for President Biden and his advisors to start taking responsibility for their failed policies and out-of-control spending over the last 15 months," responded Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

"The Biden Administration says concern about inflation is being "fully in lockstep" with Putin. No wonder inflation keeps getting worse," replied Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

"According to the Biden WH & their aides, if you blame them for the skyrocketing inflation & energy prices, you’re an agent of Russia & a Putin puppet. Based on that logic, the WH is saying more than 60% of America is in lockstep with Putin. That should work well in the midterms," said Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida (R).

Polls show that Democrats are likely headed to heavy electoral losses in the midterm elections due to high inflation and other failures of the Biden administration.

Here's more about the Biden inflation:

Inflation, gas prices drive Biden approval ratings down to new lowwww.youtube.com

Jen Psaki warns economic report will show 'extraordinarily elevated' inflation and puts the blame on Putin



White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned that the next economic report could contain "extraordinarily elevated" inflation because of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Psaki made the comments during Monday's media briefing at the White House.

"So, because of the actions we've taken to address the Putin price hike we are in a better place than we were last month, but we expect March CPI headline inflation to be extraordinarily elevated due to Putin's price hike," said Psaki to reporters.

"And we expect a large difference between core and headline inflation reflected in the global disruptions in energy and food markets. Core inflation doesn't include energy and food prices, headline inflation does, and of course we know that core inflation, you know, energy, the impact of energy of course on oil prices, gas prices, we expect that to continue to reflect what we've seen, the increases be over the course of this invasion," she added.

Psaki went on to try to directly attribute increases in gas prices to the invasion of Ukraine.

"And just as an example since President Putin's military build-up accelerated in January, average gas prices are up more than 80 cents, most of the increase occurred in the month of March, and at times gas prices were more than a dollar above pre-invasion levels," Psaki continued, "so that roughly 20% increase in gas prices will drive tomorrow's inflation reading, and certainly, it's not a surprise to us, but we certainly think it will be reflected."

The administration has been harangued by Republican critics and others who have pointed out that inflation had been spiking prior to the Russian invasion. The administration has tried to pin inflation on the pandemic, greedy corporations, and finally the Russians.

Unfortunately for the Democrats, an NBC News poll showed far more Americans blame high prices on Biden's policies rather than any of the other excuses the administration has made.

Here's the video of Psaki's comments:

Jen Psaki Warns of Extraordinary Elevated Inflation Datawww.youtube.com

New poll finds more Americans blame Biden for inflation than the pandemic, corporate greed, or Putin's invasion



Recent polling shows that very few Americans are buying the excuses the Biden administration are making for high inflation and instead blame the President Joe Biden and his policies.

The NBC News poll asked Americans who they thought was to blame for the high inflation that they are suffering under and offered some of the culprits blamed by the president and his supporters as possible answers.

Among the options listed, Biden and his policies were blamed by a plurality of Americans polled, at 38%.

Only 28% blamed the coronavirus pandemic, another 23% blamed corporations raising prices, and barely 6% blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.

Over recent months, the Biden administration has attempted to blame the invasion of Ukraine, the greed of meat conglomerates, and the pandemic for the high inflation eating away at Americans' savings and wages.

The same poll found the president's approval rating to drop to 40% while an astounding 55% disapprove of the job Biden is doing. When asked about the economy, only 33% said they approved of the job he's doing, while 63% said they don't approve of the job Biden is doing.

The astonishing poll is just the latest in a long series showing devastating results for Democrats ahead of the midterms, where they would have faced an uphill battle even without horrible polling.

The terrible polling has lead to greater division in the Democratic party among the centrist establishment wing, which blames progressive extremism, and the far-left progressive wing that blames Biden for not going far enough to the left.

Socialist Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Thursday said that the low polling came from progressives and young voters who were disappointed that Biden had done enough to satisfy their left-wing demands.

Here's more about the terrible poll numbers for Biden:

Steve Kornacki: Biden's Handling Of The Economy Numbers 'Getting Worse And Worse'www.youtube.com