{"id":993713,"date":"2021-11-10T09:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993713"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:43:34","slug":"joe-biden-struggles-to-save-christmas-and-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-struggles-to-save-christmas-and-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Struggles to Save Christmas and Thanksgiving"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fjoe-biden-struggles-to-save-christmas-and-thanksgiving%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=993713&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\/11\/joe-biden-at-christmas-repast-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden continues struggling with messaging to Americans about what his administration is doing to make things better for the difficult 2021 holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The White House released a video on Tuesday evening of Biden trying to reassure Americans things were going to be fine, despite looming reports of shortages, and stubbornly high costs for ordinary goods.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI know a lot of Americans are worried whether or not there\u2019s going to be enough stock on the shelves for Thanksgiving and Christmas,\u201d Biden says in the video, as a reassuring soft piano soundtrack plays in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is struggling to address immediate economic issues as consumers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/09\/no-thanks-turkey-prices-up-41-home-heating-oil-up-115-food-prices-up-10-5\/\">face<\/a> a 41 percent higher cost for their Thanksgiving turkeys, a 10.5 percent higher cost for food, 20 percent higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/09\/bidenflation-truck-trailers-and-shipping-see-record-breaking-price-hikes\/\">shipping<\/a> costs, and gas prices up nearly 90 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for American consumers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/10\/consumer-prices-soar-6-2\/\">jumped<\/a> 6.2% in October compared with a year ago, the highest inflation since the 1990s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the video, the president falsely claims \u201cthere was a short supply last year\u201d because of the coronavirus pandemic and that things are getting better this year.<\/p>\n<p>Biden reveals in the video he spoke on the phone with Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon, UPS CEO Carol B. Tom\u00e9, FedEx Chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith, and Target Board Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all told me that things are really moving along,\u201d Biden says reassuringly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the folks I spoke with, not just the East Coast, but the West Coast, they just all are confident that things are going to be different at Thanksgiving and a much different Christmas this year,\u201d Biden continues.<\/p>\n<p>The video featured an obvious cut in the middle of Biden\u2019s comment, suggesting his reassuring statement had to be edited by staff to get it right.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He tried to explain his $1.3 trillion infrastructure bill would eventually get the country \u201cback to normal\u201d and that Americans would be able to get to the store and get the products they needed for Christmas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2794117647059\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden supply chain crisis now has nearly 160 ships waiting outside Long Beach and Los Angeles port complex to unload goods. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RJQrK0BXYZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/RJQrK0BXYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457572533302145028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe expectation is it\u2019s not going to be this time last year, you\u2019re going to be able to get to the store, get to your place \u2013 get to the outlets you\u2019re looking for, get the products you need, you gifts that you want, that\u2019s what we\u2019re working on,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Biden admitted Tuesday during a virtual DNC fundraiser that many Americans were not experiencing any immediate relief from high costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I know a lot of folks don\u2019t feel that progress out there, that we\u2019re making in the economy. I get it,\u201d he said. \u201cI know the cost of gasoline and groceries and rent seems to be harder and harder to handle that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the president offered no other solutions than his multi-trillion Build Back Better bill that remains stalled in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hat\u2019s all the more reason why we have to pass the Build Back Better plan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden continues struggling with messaging to Americans about what his administration is doing to make things better for the difficult 2021 holiday season. 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