{"id":883239,"date":"2021-10-15T12:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=883239"},"modified":"2021-10-15T12:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:59:34","slug":"social-media-blisters-bare-shelves-biden-as-president-struggles-to-manage-supply-chain-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-blisters-bare-shelves-biden-as-president-struggles-to-manage-supply-chain-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Blisters \u2018Bare Shelves Biden\u2019 As President Struggles To Manage Supply Chain Crisis"},"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%2Fsocial-media-blisters-bare-shelves-biden-as-president-struggles-to-manage-supply-chain-crisis%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=883239&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>President Joe Biden spoke Thursday on efforts to handle a growing supply chain crisis, suggesting that White House partnerships with private companies could alleviate product shortages and break shipping and processing bottlenecks \u2014 but consumers on social media appeared less than thrilled with the president\u2019s plan, tweeting photos of empty store shelves and labeling the president, \u201cBare Shelves Biden\u201d and \u201cEmpty Shelves Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cFrustrated shoppers complaining about shortages of everyday products in their local stores are attacking President&nbsp;Joe Biden&nbsp;online with the hashtag \u2018Empty Shelves Joe\u2019 as the US faces severe supply chain problems that could stretch into the new year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10094485\/Biden-ridiculed-online-EmptyShelvesJoe-frustrated-shoppers-complain-shortages.html\">the Daily Mail reported<\/a>, noting that the White House has warned shoppers to shop for the holidays now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cDozens of cargo ships carrying hundreds of thousands of containers of goods from China and Asia are waiting to dock in California as concern grows about likely Christmas shortages.&nbsp;Some retailers such as Costco and Walmart are limiting sales of toilet paper in some areas and toy company CEOs are telling parents to buy their kids\u2019&nbsp;Christmas&nbsp;gifts now to avoid disappointment,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is endemic and can, reportedly, be traced back to COVID-19 lockdowns in China, which disrupted product manufacturing and shipping from Asia. Contributing was a domestic air travel near-shutdown; if passengers are not taking commercial flights, cargo carried on those flights must be transported some other way. With overseas shipping now mostly done by boat, ports on the east and west coasts are bottlenecked.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a domestic policy component: labor shortages affecting ports, shipping companies, trucking companies, and retail outlets are stalling the process of getting goods on store shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s solution is to prompt private shipping companies like UPS and FedEx to expand their hours and compel retailers like Walmart to impose round-the-clock operations to move goods to store shelves faster.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers, though, say the moves are coming \u201ctoo little too late,\u201d and point to White House advisors, like chief of staff Ron Klain, who tweeted that the supply chain shortages and price hikes are \u201chigh-class problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An executive at NBC noted bare Halloween displays and asked whether the holiday season would see similar shortages.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Supply chain disruptions already destroying Halloween as consumers face empty shelves nationwide. Is Christmas next? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e3NERf1RcD\">pic.twitter.com\/e3NERf1RcD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1448687010735001602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Others noted specific shortages in grocery stores:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1-My grocery. There\u2019s plenty of food it\u2019s not as if we will starve. But I\u2019ve never seen empty shelves like this in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden spoke Thursday on efforts to handle a growing supply chain crisis, suggesting that White House partnerships with private companies could alleviate product shortages and break shipping and processing bottlenecks \u2014 but consumers on social media appeared less than thrilled with the president\u2019s plan, tweeting photos of empty store shelves and labeling the president, \u201cBare Shelves Biden\u201d and \u201cEmpty Shelves Biden.\u201d\u201cFrustrated shoppers complaining about shortages of everyday products in their local stores are attacking President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0online with the hashtag \u2018Empty Shelves Joe\u2019 as the US faces severe supply chain problems that could stretch into the new year,\u201d the Daily Mail reported, noting that the White House has warned shoppers to shop for the holidays now.\u201cDozens of cargo ships carrying hundreds of thousands of containers of goods from China and Asia are waiting to dock in California as concern grows about likely Christmas shortages.\u00a0Some retailers such as Costco and Walmart are limiting sales of toilet paper in some areas and toy company CEOs are telling parents to buy their kids\u2019\u00a0Christmas\u00a0gifts now to avoid disappointment,\u201d the outlet noted.The problem is endemic and can, reportedly, be traced back to COVID-19 lockdowns in China, which disrupted product manufacturing and shipping from Asia. Contributing was a domestic air travel near-shutdown; if passengers are not taking commercial flights, cargo carried on those flights must be transported some other way. With overseas shipping now mostly done by boat, ports on the east and west coasts are bottlenecked.There is also a domestic policy component: labor shortages affecting ports, shipping companies, trucking companies, and retail outlets are stalling the process of getting goods on store shelves.Biden\u2019s solution is to prompt private shipping companies like UPS and FedEx to expand their hours and compel retailers like Walmart to impose round-the-clock operations to move goods to store shelves faster.Consumers, though, say the moves are coming \u201ctoo little too late,\u201d and point to White House advisors, like chief of staff Ron Klain, who tweeted that the supply chain shortages and price hikes are \u201chigh-class problems.\u201dAn executive at NBC noted bare Halloween displays and asked whether the holiday season would see similar shortages.Supply chain disruptions already destroying Halloween as consumers face empty shelves nationwide. Is Christmas next? pic.twitter.com\/e3NERf1RcD\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) October 14, 2021Others noted specific shortages in grocery stores:1-My grocery. There\u2019s plenty of food it\u2019s not as if we will starve. But I\u2019ve never seen empty shelves like this in my lifetime. pic.twitter.com\/jz6aQpXFxq\u2014 Sharyl Attkisson\ud83d\udd75\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@SharylAttkisson) October 14, 2021No butter #emptyshelvesbiden pic.twitter.com\/kFSkcVAaQe\u2014 Lisa Cosmos (@lisacosmo) October 14, 2021CNN reported Wednesday that the crisis is likely to get worse, citing a report from economic analyst, Moody\u2019s.\u201cThe supply chain nightmare is jacking up prices for consumers and slowing the global economic recovery. Unfortunately, Moody\u2019s Analytics warns supply chain disruptions \u2018will get worse before they get better,&#8217;\u201d CNN noted. \u201c\u2018As the global economic recovery continues to gather steam, what is increasingly apparent is how it will be stymied by supply-chain disruptions that are now showing up at every corner,\u2019 Moody\u2019s wrote in a Monday report.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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