{"id":1399371,"date":"2022-03-24T20:14:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T00:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399371"},"modified":"2022-03-24T20:14:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T00:14:49","slug":"twitter-users-react-to-rapper-ice-ts-joke-about-being-robbed-by-high-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-users-react-to-rapper-ice-ts-joke-about-being-robbed-by-high-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Users React To Rapper Ice-T\u2019s Joke About Being \u2018Robbed\u2019 By High Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ftwitter-users-react-to-rapper-ice-ts-joke-about-being-robbed-by-high-gas-prices%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=1399371&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/2D69FE32-DD3B-489C-AAAF-F1F4D22E5FF5-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Twitter users reacted after rapper and \u201cLaw and Order: SVU\u201d star Ice-T joked on the platform Thursday that he had been robbed at a gas station \u2014 by the gas pump itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was robbed at a gas station in NJ last night. After my hands stopped trembling..I managed to call the cops and they were quick to respond and calmed me down\u2026.. My money is gone.. the police asked me if I knew who did it..I said yes.. it was pump number 9\u2026\u201d Ice-T joked, referencing soaring gas prices in New Jersey and around the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was robbed at a gas station in NJ last night. After my hands stopped trembling..I managed to call the cops and they were quick to respond and calmed me down\u2026.. My money is gone.. the police asked me if I knew who did it..I said yes.. it was pump number 9\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FINALLEVEL\/status\/1506998392328794117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tweet has since exploded in popularity. As of the publishing of this piece, it has been retweeted more than 85,000 times and \u201cliked\u201d more than 605,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices soared earlier this month to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-national-average-price-of-gasoline-hits-new-all-time-record-high-report-says\">record high<\/a>, as The Daily Wire reported. The national average climbed to $4.104 per gallon, according to GasBuddy, breaking the record average price set all the way back in 2008 in the midst of the Great Recession. Gas prices have since slid downward. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=NJ\">AAA<\/a>, the current average price sits at $4.236 per gallon, down from the record national average of $4.331 set on March 11. Prices in the state of New Jersey are currently about $4.201 on average.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users, including a number of prominent conservatives, reacted to the tweet, with many laughing along with the rapper\u2019s \u201cdad joke,\u201d while others commented that the tweet was an indicator of bigger issues around inflation and the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so dead on this one\u2026.I was robbed as well,\u201d actor Neil Brown Jr. replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m so dead on this one\u2026.I was robbed as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oim7zF4IB2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Oim7zF4IB2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil Brown, jr (@NeilBrownJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilBrownJr\/status\/1507037419933032451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow you know NOBODY is robbing Ice T except a gas pump!\u201d lawyer and writer Exavier Pope tweeted in reply.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now you know NOBODY is robbing Ice T except a gas pump! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Lr3PBKDX5\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Lr3PBKDX5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc31\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e (@exavierpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exavierpope\/status\/1507070410302578688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t wait for legendary gangster rapper Ice T\u2019s forthcoming album \u2018Nice To Meet You, Hungry, I\u2019m Dad\u2019\u201d rap group Clipping joked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t wait for legendary gangster rapper Ice T\u2019s forthcoming album \u201cNice To Meet You, Hungry, I\u2019m Dad\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2atb9GoXoS\">https:\/\/t.co\/2atb9GoXoS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 clipping. (@clppng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clppng\/status\/1507012079001092096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow imagine an average middle class person having to do this week after week,\u201d conservative activist Ned Ryun tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Haha! Now imagine an average middle class person having to do this week after week. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3FwzTUM0bC\">https:\/\/t.co\/3FwzTUM0bC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ned Ryun (@nedryun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nedryun\/status\/1507022748094185473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSuspend the gas tax and move to energy independence,\u201d California State Assembly candidate Suzette Valladares wrote. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Suspend the gas tax and move to energy independence.                       It doesn\u2019t have to be like this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLDW8lgUnQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/gLDW8lgUnQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suzette Valladares (@suzettemartinez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzettemartinez\/status\/1507083000919445546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One user thought the rapper\u2019s complaints were insignificant, and responded with a gas station charging 2.66 euros per liter, which roughly translates to about $11.40 per gallon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitch please <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFVsTfUa7p\">https:\/\/t.co\/pFVsTfUa7p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7eu2ZVb32h\">pic.twitter.com\/7eu2ZVb32h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 cronico (@ipnagogico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ipnagogico\/status\/1507108297584824329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ice-T was only joking about pain at the pump from rising prices, but criminals have already begun to take advantage of the recent surge in prices. The Daily Wire reported last week that thieves stole hundreds of gallons of gasoline from a station in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thieves-steal-almost-400-gallons-of-gas-from-nc-gas-station\">North Carolina<\/a> after the station closed for the night. The thieves employed a device typically used to calibrate gas pumps, allowing them to pump gas without charging. Within minutes, dozens of other people began lining up to take the gas from the pumps. The thieves stole almost 400 gallons of gasoline, worth about $1600, from the station in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, authorities in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-arrest-thieves-who-stole-thousands-of-gallons-of-gas-from-florida-gas-stations\">Florida<\/a> arrested 7 men in connection with a series of thefts from stations in central Florida. Police arrested the first group of three men last Wednesday. The men used counterfeit credit cards and gas bladders to steal thousands of gallons of gas and allegedly resell it. Police then arrested two pairs of men at separate stations who were stealing gas using devices to alter the gas pumps.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter users reacted after rapper and \u201cLaw and Order: SVU\u201d star Ice-T joked on the platform Thursday that he had been robbed at a gas station \u2014 by the gas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}