{"id":580248,"date":"2021-07-02T17:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=580248"},"modified":"2021-07-02T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:20:43","slug":"heres-why-bidens-0-16-cookout-tweet-is-pure-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-bidens-0-16-cookout-tweet-is-pure-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why Biden\u2019s \u2018$0.16 Cookout\u2019 Tweet Is Pure Propaganda"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fheres-why-bidens-0-16-cookout-tweet-is-pure-propaganda%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=580248&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1326646842.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On Thursday afternoon, the White House <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-brags-about-saving-americans-16-cents-on-july-4-food-our-economic-plan-is-working\"><span>boasted<\/span><\/a><span> on social media that the average Fourth of July meal would be $0.16 cheaper since last year\u2019s celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The administration\u2019s tweet included a GIF cycling through various barbecue staples and their price reductions \u2014 a 5% drop in prices for vanilla ice cream, a 2% drop in lemonade, and a 1% drop for sliced cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.601226993865\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news. According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It\u2019s a fact you must-hear(d). Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working. And that\u2019s something we can all relish. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7h9qLauIbC\">pic.twitter.com\/7h9qLauIbC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1410709115333234691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The message is only the most recent artifact in a massive push to convince Americans that the recovering economy is attributable to the Biden administration\u2019s massive social welfare agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As glorious as saving four cents on sliced cheese may sound, the tweet intentionally omits the full story of rampant inflation and its effects on American pocketbooks. As Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) pointed out, the price of gasoline \u2014 which Americans will have to consume in order to purchase the pennies-cheaper groceries \u2014 has skyrocketed by 42% since last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.892592592593\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently, no one at the Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> has been to the gas station recently.<\/p>\n<p>The average price for a gallon of gas is $3.15.<\/p>\n<p>This is the HIGHEST price for a gallon of gas since 2014 and a 42% INCREASE from last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1410734324652003330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-how-inflation-hurts-americans-pocketbooks\"><span>Inflation<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 the erosion of a currency\u2019s purchasing power over time \u2014 can be devastating to an economy if left unchecked. Indeed, because low-wage workers tend to hold a greater proportion of their wealth in cash than high-income earners, inflation has an added regressive effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Take, for example, the May 2021 inflation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-monthly-inflation-again-passes-economists-expectations-highest-annual-rate-in-more-than-12-years\"><span>rate<\/span><\/a><span> of 5%. If this rate holds, every dollar will be worth 5% less by May 2022. An item that costs $100 in May 2021 would cost $105 in May 2022, and \u2014 unless the typical worker sees wage increases from $40,000 to $42,000 \u2014 he will have to spend a higher proportion of next year\u2019s income to enjoy the same item.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the effect will not be nearly as noticeable for someone who earns $400,000 \u2014 especially because he has more options for investing liquid cash into retirement accounts, property, and other assets that are largely immune to inflation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite their insistence that any coming tax increases will only affect wealthier Americans, the Biden administration is fully aware that inflation harms Americans across the board. In fact, they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/despite-skyrocketing-inflation-janet-yellen-will-keep-pushing-for-biden-spending-agenda\"><span>count<\/span><\/a><span> on this reality to fund the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nonpartisan-economists-say-bidens-infrastructure-plan-will-decrease-economic-growth\"><span>American Jobs Plan<\/span><\/a><span>, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-american-families-plan-is-far-from-a-new-deal-economic-boon\"><span>American Families Plan<\/span><\/a><span>, and other multitrillion-dollar spending proposals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The President\u2019s Fourth of July tweet therefore serves little purpose apart from <\/span><i><span>propaganda<\/span><\/i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On its face, carefully-selected <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/newsroom\/july-4th-cookout-cost-stable-compared-to-year-ago\"><span>data<\/span><\/a><span> may show that food prices \u2014 mind you, for <\/span><i><span>very <\/span><\/i><span>specific items \u2014 have remained flat. But the intentional misinformation lies in the \u201cmissing context,\u201d as left-wing fact-checkers are fond of saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The President\u2019s rhetorical tactic is by no means new. Those familiar with George Orwell\u2019s dystopian novel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-joe-biden-uses-orwellian-messaging-to-push-his-agenda\"><span>Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 which is required reading for understanding the modern Democratic Party \u2014 will see through Biden\u2019s tweet and its broader messaging strategy. In essence, the Biden administration is asking Americans to believe that prices are decreasing and increasing at the same time \u2014 a classic example of \u201cdoublethink,\u201d or the simultaneous acceptance of two mutually exclusive propositions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For instance, \u201cBig Brother\u201d buries its reduction in chocolate rations in a flurry of positive news, while declaring that the ration has actually <\/span><i><span>increased <\/span><\/i><span>only hours later:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><span>Bad news coming, thought Winston. And sure enough, following on a gory description of the annihilation of a Eurasian army, with stupendous figures of killed and prisoners, came the announcement that, as from next week, the chocolate ration would be reduced from thirty grammes to twenty. Winston belched again. The gin was wearing off, leaving a deflated feeling. The telescreen \u2014 perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate \u2014 crashed into \u2018Oceania, \u2018tis for thee\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The next day:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><span>The new ration did not start till tomorrow and he had only four cigarettes left. For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen. It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>For the Biden administration, ignorance is strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, the White House boasted on social media that the average Fourth of July meal would be $0.16 cheaper since last year\u2019s celebration.The administration\u2019s tweet included a GIF &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313944,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1326646842.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Here\u2019s Why Biden\u2019s \u2018$0.16 Cookout\u2019 Tweet Is Pure Propaganda","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1326646842.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Here\u2019s Why Biden\u2019s \u2018$0.16 Cookout\u2019 Tweet Is Pure Propaganda","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580248","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}