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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:27 PM Saturday

Fux Noise Host Cuts Off Trump's Economy Director After He Blames Biden for Soaring Gas Prices

Fox News host Bill Hemmer stopped Donald Trump’s National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett in his tracks after he tried to blame former President Joe Biden for the country’s rising gas prices.

On Friday, during the network’s “America’s Newsroom,” Hemmer discussed how gas prices had reached an average of $4.09 a gallon, increasing by nearly a dollar since last week. Hemmer asked Hassett where he thinks the cost of fuel could go.

While Hassett mentioned that Trump sees the current gas prices as a “temporary thing,” adding that the administration has taken “every possible measure” to reduce inflation — including releasing the strategic reserve, the “second-largest release of the strategic reserve on record” — he then tried to shade Biden.

“Joe Biden — he’s the one who had the biggest release of the strategic reserve, and there was no supply disruption at the time,” Hassett said. “He was just trying to offset all those terrible energy prices and get gas prices down ahead of the election. And so–”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-host-cuts-off-202407081.html

Biden hasn't been President for over a year Kevin Asshat.

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Fux Noise Host Cuts Off Trump's Economy Director After He Blames Biden for Soaring Gas Prices (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday OP
"We're all still angry about Biden shutting the Hormuz Straitjacket" struggle4progress Saturday #1
When you cross even Fox News' tolerance for lies.... Turbineguy Saturday #2
Aktooooooaly, figure the gas price increase from half of what it was on inauguration day. Norrrm Saturday #3
Wow... BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #4

Norrrm

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3. Aktooooooaly, figure the gas price increase from half of what it was on inauguration day.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:40 PM
Saturday

Trump promised he would cut the price of energy in half.

That makes the price hike 100% on Ttump.

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