{"id":1382360,"date":"2022-03-15T16:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1382360"},"modified":"2022-03-15T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:37:31","slug":"tiktok-influencers-blame-putin-for-gas-prices-after-biden-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-influencers-blame-putin-for-gas-prices-after-biden-call\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Influencers Blame Putin for Gas Prices After Biden Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiktok-influencers-blame-putin-for-gas-prices-after-biden-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1382360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Following a briefing at the White House, TikTok influencers have taken to the Chinese-owned platform to blame Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukaine for rising gas prices in the U.S., following.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/11\/white-house-briefed-tiktok-influencers-on-ukraine-a-press-briefing-for-kindergartners\/\">reported<\/a>, the Biden White House held a special briefing last week for thirty influencers on TikTok, the video-sharing platform that has seized the attention of under-25s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20207264\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/Biden-Harris-Sticker-.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A political sticker mocking President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is seen next to a gas pump display showing a transaction in Los Angeles, Monday, March 7, 2022. The price of regular gasoline broke $4 per gallon on average across the U.S. on Sunday for the first time since 2008. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the briefing, TikTok influencer Ellie Zeiler took to the platform to blame rising gas prices on the end of the coronavirus pandemic fueling rising demand, and Russia\u2019s isolation in international trade cutting off supply.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House told the TikTok influencers who were invited on the zoom call to blame the high gas prices on Putin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qBCEA6r2C7\">pic.twitter.com\/qBCEA6r2C7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1503467775053889538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both explanations sidestep any responsibility for the policies of the Biden administration, such as the day-one decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhy is gas so expensive, and why is the United States inflation rate at a four-decade high?\u201d said Zeiler in the video. \u201cI had the opportunity to ask the White House why gas down the street is $7 and here\u2019s what they said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe obvious reason \u2014 we are getting out of a two-year pandemic,\u201d said the TikTok influencer before moving on to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia is one of the top three producers of oil and it is actually their No. 1 revenue source. Now, with Putin starting this horrific fight between Ukraine and Russia, nobody wants to work with him and do international trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has attracted attention \u2014 and mockery \u2014 for its use of TikTok influencers in the past.<\/p>\n<p>In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/09\/tiktok-comedian-runs-wild-in-the-white-house-for-coronavirus-vaccine-promotion\/\">the administration invited a Kardashian-inspired crossdressing TikTok star<\/a> known as \u201cBenny Drama\u201d to the White House to record a video promoting coronavirus vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>The video has since become <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/bennydrama-on-phone\">one of the top sources of meme content<\/a> mocking the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.\u00a0He is the author of\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a briefing at the White House, TikTok influencers have taken to the Chinese-owned platform to blame Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukaine for rising gas prices in the U.S., following. 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