{"id":1946286,"date":"2023-06-14T03:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-brags-about-chart-showing-inflation-skyrocketed-after-biden-took-office\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T03:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:18:08","slug":"white-house-brags-about-chart-showing-inflation-skyrocketed-after-biden-took-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-brags-about-chart-showing-inflation-skyrocketed-after-biden-took-office\/","title":{"rendered":"White House boasts about chart revealing inflation surge under Biden&#8217;s administration."},"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%2Fwhite-house-brags-about-chart-showing-inflation-skyrocketed-after-biden-took-office%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=1946286&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--><h2>The White House Celebrates Inflation Decrease, But Backfires<\/h2>\n<p>The White House tweeted a chart on Tuesday showing that inflation is lower than it was last summer, but it also revealed that inflation had skyrocketed after President Joe Biden was sworn in. The chart showed the massive increase in inflation from January 2021 to May 2022 when it reached 9% under the current president\u2019s watch. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p>Great news: Today\u2019s inflation report shows annual inflation is now at the lowest level since March 2021, and less than half of what it was last June.<\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-brags-about-chart-showing-inflation-skyrocketed-after-biden-took-office\/\" title=\"White House boasts about chart revealing inflation surge under Biden's administration.\">giving families real breathing room<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l5k3B9WU2t\">pic.twitter.com\/l5k3B9WU2t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1668643333344837632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-ny-times-argues-inflation-will-be-somehow-worse-with-republicans-retaking-congress\/\" title=\"Lol: NY Times Argues Inflation Will Be Somehow Worse With Republicans Retaking Congress\">inflation rate reached<\/a> a 40-year high of 9.1% under Biden\u2019s presidency, while the inflation rate under former President Donald Trump hovered around 2% and even hit an average of 1.2% in Trump\u2019s last full year in the White House. <\/p>\n<h3>Conservatives React on Twitter<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Guest, former communications director for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), said: \u201cGreat News: The admin points out that the moment Joe Biden took office, inflation took off!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), asked: \u201cYou\u2019re bragging about prices continuing to increase?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>One Twitter user asked: \u201cLast year I gained 9 lbs. This year I only gained 4. Am I losing weight?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fox News contributor Justin Haskins argued that the White House\u2019s argument gaslights people who don\u2019t understand how inflation works. \u201cThis is so dishonest! [The WhiteHouse] knows most don\u2019t understand inflation. Inflation going down does not mean there is more \u2018breathing room.\u2019 It means the rate of price increases is slowing, but still going up. We are paying more than ever! We need DEFLATION for prices to go down,\u201d Haskins tweeted. In a follow-up tweet, Haskins added that it\u2019s \u201coutrageous that the mainstream press is not HAMMERING Mr. Biden for these comments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The slight inflation rate decrease in May came as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-name-is-the-only-name-biden-can-remember-tomi-lahren-slams-biden-for-obsessing-over-the-former-president\/\" title=\"\u2018Trump\u2019s Name Is The Only Name Biden Can Remember\u2019: Tomi Lahren Slams Biden For Obsessing Over The Former President\">lower gas prices<\/a> and increases in grocery prices and other items, POLITICO reported. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-lampooned-for-tweeting-self-congratulatory-graphic\/\" title=\"Biden Lampooned For Tweeting Self-Congratulatory Graphic\">recent decrease<\/a> in inflation isn\u2019t likely to convince policymakers at the Federal Reserve that the U.S. is out of the woods because \u201ccore\u201d prices, which the Fed mainly focuses on, rose for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worst-inflation-in-40-years-as-consumer-prices-soar-6-8-percent\/\" title=\"Worst Inflation in 40 Years as Consumer Prices Soar 6.8 Percent\">sixth straight month<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House faced criticism for a tweet displaying a chart indicating lower inflation than last summer, despite a significant increase since President Biden&#8217;s inauguration. 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