[NYPOST] President Biden brushed off $7-a-gallon gas in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, — saying "that’s always been the case"| ...where always means at least for the last quarter hour... |
Biden said without elaboration that "housing" was "the most important thing" for gas prices, which in California actually surged 39% over the past 12 months for an average of $6.20 per gallon, according to AAA.
"The inflation report is out. Have you seen gas prices around here in LA? It’s 7 bucks a gallon almost," a news hound said after Biden handed a cashier three $20 bills for a $16.45 order of six tacos and two quesadillas.
"Well, that’s always been the case here," Biden replied.
"You know, it’s not — what — nationwide, they came down about $1.35, and they’re still down over a dollar. But we’re going to work on — housing is the big — is the most important thing we have to do in terms of that."
It’s unclear if Biden, who turns 80 next month, intended to draw a closer link between the two subjects before his reply was cut off by a different news hound’s question, but his answer attracted attention after a series of recent gaffes.
James Gallagher, the Republican minority leader in the California Assembly, tweeted, "Bidenism at its finest in LA today. High gas prices is a housing problem?"