{"id":1418210,"date":"2022-04-04T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418210"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:59:40","slug":"bette-midler-posts-meme-mocking-americans-upset-about-rising-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bette-midler-posts-meme-mocking-americans-upset-about-rising-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler Posts Meme Mocking Americans Upset About Rising 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\">22<\/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%2Fbette-midler-posts-meme-mocking-americans-upset-about-rising-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=1418210&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\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1186033127.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Bette Midler got everyone\u2019s attention when she posted a meme on Twitter that mocked Americans who were upset about rising gas prices under President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old actress\u2019 post, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1510748140902645763?s=20&#038;t=NqJ_MxdVErYpv3GAZ2UaaA\">she shared on social media<\/a>, Sunday included a photo of a person riding in the back of a Ford pick-up truck with an American flag and Trump flag in the bed.<\/p>\n<p>The message across the photo read, \u201cYou bought the gas guzzling truck. Go ahead and whine about gas prices [a crying laughing emoji] I swear I am listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEzZ6exPQV\">pic.twitter.com\/tEzZ6exPQV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1510748140902645763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d star\u2019s comments joins a choir of celebrities who have shown they are out of touch with Americans who are struggling as the prices at the pump continue to rise, with the average cost of gas in the country now at $4.189 per gallon as of 4\/4\/22, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\">AAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/conservatives-hammer-george-takei-for-telling-americans-to-endure-higher-food-gas-prices-to-hurt-putin\">reported<\/a> by the Daily Wire, \u201cStar Trek\u201d star George Takei faced a backlash on Twitter after he said American\u2019s could endure the rising cost of food and gas in order to put the \u201cscrews\u201d to Russian President Vladimir Putin following his invasion of Ukraine on February 24.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Former \u201cStar Trek\u201d actor and left-wing activist George Takei received a verbal smackdown from Twitter users after he claimed that Americans could bear the brunt of rising food and gasoline prices in order to stick it to Vladimir Putin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAmericans: We can endure higher prices for food and gas if it means putting the screws to Putin. Consider it a patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny,\u201d Takei wrote on Twitter Friday evening.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Twitter users immediately fired back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHey rich guy, you can endure this, but us working class people, this is crushing us. But what do you [care] looking down your nose at the people who make your world run\u2026\u201d podcaster Britt Griffith replied, including a photo of a gas station with prices in the $6 range.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey rich guy, you can endure this, but us working class people, this is crushing us. But what do you car looking down your nose at the people who make your world run\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fswIEOpqMX\">pic.twitter.com\/fswIEOpqMX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Britt Griffith (@britttgriffith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/britttgriffith\/status\/1500170056218517511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLate Night\u201d host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1501158360368001026?s=20&#038;t=V9DqjGWOEv4IfEP0kQKxmA\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> showed his elitism when it comes to rising prices at the pump when he told his audience he would pay \u201c$15 a gallon because he drives a Tesla,\u201d as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stephen-colberts-elitism-on-soaring-gas-prices-hell-ill-pay-15-a-gallon-because-i-drive-a-tesla\">reported<\/a> by the Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On Monday, in the face of rising gas prices that may well devastate American consumers, \u201cLate Night\u201d host Stephen Colbert pontificated from his elitist perch, \u201cToday, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4\/gallon. OK, that stings, but a clean conscience is worth a buck or two. It\u2019s important. I\u2019m willing to pay $4\/gallon. Hell, I\u2019ll pay $15 a gallon b\/c I drive a Tesla.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On the same day, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was pilloried for touting electric vehicles as a solution for rising gas prices; he lauded the nationwide electric vehicle charging network the Biden administration is pushing, saying that Americans from \u201crural to urban to suburban communities can all benefit from the gas savings of driving an EV.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to enter for a chance to win. If you\u2019re not a Daily Wire member yet, click <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i> to join us so you can win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bette Midler got everyone\u2019s attention when she posted a meme on Twitter that mocked Americans who were upset about rising gas prices under President Joe Biden.The 76-year-old actress\u2019 post, which\u00a0she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"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-1418210","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\/1418210","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418210\/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=1418210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}