{"id":1526335,"date":"2022-06-22T19:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T23:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526335"},"modified":"2022-06-22T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T23:04:14","slug":"delusional-people-arent-buying-wapo-columnists-claim-that-americans-are-not-suffering-as-much-as-the-think-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delusional-people-arent-buying-wapo-columnists-claim-that-americans-are-not-suffering-as-much-as-the-think-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Delusional\u2019: People Aren\u2019t Buying WaPo Columnist\u2019s Claim That Americans \u2018Are Not Suffering As Much As The Think They Are\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fdelusional-people-arent-buying-wapo-columnists-claim-that-americans-are-not-suffering-as-much-as-the-think-they-are%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=1526335&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>Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary claimed on Wednesday that people needed to back off President Joe Biden and \u201cstop complaining\u201d about high gas prices and inflation because \u201cAmericans are not suffering as much as they think they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Singletary made an appearance on MSNBC to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fed-chair-jerome-powell-says-recession-is-a-possibility-but-remains-strongly-committed-to-killing-inflation\/\">inflation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/msnbc-guest-busts-out-his-boy-band-best-during-live-segment-on-gas-prices\/\">gas prices<\/a> ahead of Biden\u2019s call for a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-calls-for-three-month-pause-to-federal-gas-tax\/\">three-month gas tax holiday<\/a> \u2014 and his continued calls to gas companies to absorb the costs of increasing production in order to ease consumer costs at the pump.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WaPo\u2019s Michelle Singletary: \u201cThere\u2019s a great deal of Americans where it is uncomfortable that they\u2019re spending more, but they are not going to go under. You know, you got to stop complaining \u2026 Overall, many Americans are not suffering as much as they think they are.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/epCwq6NeG2\">pic.twitter.com\/epCwq6NeG2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1539682537391509504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just going to ay this and if I get dinged for it I don\u2019t care,\u201d Singletary began. \u201cThere is a great deal of Americans where it is uncomfortable that they\u2019re spending more, but they are not gonna go under. You\u2019ve got to stop complaining when there\u2019s so many people who literally the inflation rate means they may only have two meals instead of three.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are Americans who did extremely well in the last two years in the market. You still have your job. And yeah, it\u2019s costing you more for gas, but guess what? You\u2019re still going to take that holiday, that Fourth of July vacation, you can still eat out, so I\u2019m gonna need you to calm down and back off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to argue that people complaining about their portfolios should stop complaining and use their extra money to help the people who really were in dire straits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, many Americans are not suffering as much as they think they are,\u201d she said, claiming that unrealistic fears would \u201cthink\u201d a recession into existence.<\/p>\n<p>But critics weren\u2019t buying what Singletary was selling \u2014 and a number argued sarcastically that Democrats should definitely run on comments like that, which many viewed as tone deaf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember when WaPo wasn\u2019t filled with deliberately blind activist clowns?\u201d Rita Panahi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitaPanahi\/status\/1539723053600370688\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaith in Americans dies in darkness,\u201d Tim Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/1539713648536571904\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just insane rambling by an elitist journalist that is so out of touch with everyday Americans. Just eat 2 meals a day instead of 3! Don\u2019t eat out ever or go on vacation. Also give money to other people and the government should give money to other people, not you. Wow,\u201d @Shem_infinite <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shem_Infinite\/status\/1539705135890300929\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are delusional,\u201d @TexasAustyn added. \u201cBut hey \u2026 this is a GREAT campaign ad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These people are delusional. But hey\u2026this is a GREAT campaign ad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8hakf5ou3A\">https:\/\/t.co\/8hakf5ou3A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austyn_Texas (@TexasAustyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasAustyn\/status\/1539705123777159169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suggest @TheDemocrats run with this message all the way to Election Day, especially the \u2018calm down and back off\u2019 part. That\u2019ll convince people,\u201d @irishspy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishspy\/status\/1539708911762083840\">concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheDemocrats<\/a> run with this message all the way to Election Day, especially the &#8220;calm down and back off&#8221; part. That&#8217;ll convince a lot of people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XysqwOdrLN\">https:\/\/t.co\/XysqwOdrLN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phineas &#8220;Extreme Dark Ultra&#8221; Fahrquar (@irishspy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishspy\/status\/1539708911762083840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary claimed on Wednesday that people needed to back off President Joe Biden and \u201cstop complaining\u201d about high gas prices and inflation because \u201cAmericans are not suffering as much as they think they are.\u201d Singletary made an appearance on MSNBC to discuss inflation and gas prices ahead of Biden\u2019s call for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1526347,"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-1526335","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\/1526335","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}