The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) faced widespread backlash on Thursday afternoon for bragging that President Joe Biden had caused gas prices to drop by 2 cents per gallon, a claim that may not even be accurate given that oil prices <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/update-opec-postponses-technical-meetings-evaluate-omicron-impact-sources-2021-11-28/">plummeted</a> in response to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The DCCC tweeted out a graph, which featured half-cent increments, that showed that gas had barely dipped in price, writing: &#8220;Thanks, @JoeBiden.&#8221;
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Thanks, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>. <a href="https://t.co/0iHwTLv7fB">pic.twitter.com/0iHwTLv7fB</a>
&mdash; DCCC (@dccc) <a href="https://twitter.com/dccc/status/1466494036630544394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/02/qthis-might-be-worst-defense-biden-administration-yet/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=wp_politics">ripped</a> the tweet as potentially being &#8220;the worst defense of the Biden administration yet,&#8221; noting that &#8220;since Biden took office, the price of gas has risen more than a dollar on this same measure.&#8221;
Notable responses included:
<ul>
<li>Daniel Dale, CNN &#8220;fact-checker&#8221;: &#8220;This is parody-level misleading-with-axes stuff.&#8221;</li>
<li>Glenn Kessler, Washington Post &#8220;fact-checker”: &#8220;What an utterly ridiculous chart. Truly dumb.&#8221;</li>
<li>Josh Jordan, statistician: &#8220;I absolutely cannot get over the @dccc thinking it was a good idea to tweet that gas prices have dropped TWO CENTS and thanking Joe Biden for it. Because families experience [sic] inflation are going to be grateful that gas prices have dropped two cents after rising $1 this year. &#8230; Who thought this was a good idea?! First, Biden is taking credit for gas plummeting due to the Omicron news. Second, this chart is beyond misleading&#8230; just back out to see the bigger picture. Yikes.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY): &#8220;Gas prices are up more than 50% since Dec 2020 and Dems are demanding you thank them. Here’s TWO CENTS: After you delete your tweet, restart Keystone, start tapping more into our own domestic energy supply, and stop fast-tracking foreign pipelines abroad.&#8221;</li>
<li>Congressional Leadership Fund: &#8220;Wow! Don’t spend those two pennies all in one place, kids.&#8221;</li>
<li>House GOP Policy: &#8220;This is just embarrassing.&#8221;</li>
<li>Mark Hemingway, RealClearInvestigations: &#8220;Some graphic designer spent like an hour doing this, and no one in charge at the DCCC said, &#8216;this is the dumbest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen&#8217;?&#8221;</li>
<li>Logan Hall, The Daily Caller: &#8220;How will you spend the two cents the democratic party saved you this week?&#8221;</li>
<li>Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC): &#8220;Retweeting this account is a first for me. But if this is the message they want communicated to the American people, then I&#8217;m happy to lend a hand.&#8221;</li>
<li>Emma Vaughn, GOP Press Secretary: &#8220;I’m old enough to remember when Pelosi called $1,000 &#8216;crumbs.’”</li>
<li>Job Creators Network: &#8220;Democrats are celebrating gas prices dropping by 2 cents in the last week, despite prices at the pump having risen by nearly 50% under Biden. How pathetic.&#8221;</li>
<li>Ben Casselman, The New York Times: &#8220;This is the chart-crime equivalent of a Nigerian email scam. It&#8217;s so blatant that you kind of have to admire the sheer chutzpah.&#8221;</li>
<li>Brian Riedl, economist: &#8220;As someone who releases my own 110-page chart book each year, I am in awe of the people who conceived, built, approved, and posted this chart. I could never come up with this level of bulls**t. Bravo.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL): &#8220;I&#8217;ll combine the two cents I saved on gas with that 16 cents I saved on my 4th of July BBQ and put a down payment on a pack of gum. Thanks, Brandon!&#8221;</li>
</ul>
Other top responses included:
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What this chart would look like with January 20, 2021 as a starting point: <a href="https://t.co/87qgkZZ5Qr">https://t.co/87qgkZZ5Qr</a> <a href="https://t.co/1DmESB7eZy">pic.twitter.com/1DmESB7eZy</a>
&mdash; Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) <a href="https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/1466518893372055574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The social media intern making this graphic <a href="https://t.co/0g4rtQBB9r">https://t.co/0g4rtQBB9r</a> <a href="https://t.co/kwgO9nWSs4">pic.twitter.com/kwgO9nWSs4</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1466523369235435523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Thanks, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>. <a href="https://t.co/4ka1FhH5ew">https://t.co/4ka1FhH5ew</a> <a href="https://t.co/2Avu3SMa4m">pic.twitter.com/2Avu3SMa4m</a>
&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1466523502354259971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
the digital director at the DCCC has a graduate degree <a href="https://t.co/9eGtsIGJzZ">https://t.co/9eGtsIGJzZ</a>
&mdash; Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaysSimonson/status/1466517337746644993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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oh man. why? <a href="https://t.co/FOgDaa5x23">https://t.co/FOgDaa5x23</a>
&mdash; Sam Stein (@samstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1466516391725608962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1466517246109487104
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Release 50 million barrels from our emergency supply—without an emergency—so we can get back a whole 2 CENTS? <a href="https://t.co/gqhOW7Bg19">https://t.co/gqhOW7Bg19</a>
&mdash; Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepPfluger/status/1466520454752002055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Beyond satire <a href="https://t.co/ezsaXXaXeL">https://t.co/ezsaXXaXeL</a>
&mdash; Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1466525516580605955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Omg <a href="https://t.co/2qXGfEQqPh">https://t.co/2qXGfEQqPh</a>
&mdash; Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1466518330597122055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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This reminds me of high school when I&#39;d double-space paragraphs to make my papers seem longer. <a href="https://t.co/0V9CAGiAUk">https://t.co/0V9CAGiAUk</a>
&mdash; Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JosephWulfsohn/status/1466536055830577152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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My favorite part is the half-cent increments <a href="https://t.co/QDSMDkOor3">https://t.co/QDSMDkOor3</a>
&mdash; Alex Clearfield (@AlexClearfield) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexClearfield/status/1466524871811235843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
https://twitter.com/intlcarly/status/1466521602041032706
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Us: No tweet could be worse than the Biden campaign bragging about $0.16 savings for July 4th. 
DCCC: Hold our beer. <a href="https://t.co/k6HrWxF6r9">https://t.co/k6HrWxF6r9</a>
&mdash; ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForAmerica/status/1466524586422456326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>

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