As midterm elections loom, President Joe Biden predicts a “sad, sad two years” if Republicans were to become in charge of Congress.
On Thursday, Biden spoke to Democratic National Committee members, urging them to rally behind his “Build A Better America” platform and to give their all during the midterms in November.
“If we don’t do that, don’t do that, it’s going to be a sad, sad two years. Think about Republicans if they controlled the Congress these last two years,” Biden said.
“I believe we have a record to be incredibly proud of … a message that resonates: Build a better America. Now we have to do the work. Now what we have to do is we have to sell it with confidence, clarity, conviction and repetition.”
The president also had something to say about rising prices in the U.S., putting the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin for the high inflation rates seen in February.
“From the moment he put his over one hundred and fifty thousand troops on the Ukrainian border, the price of gasoline in January went up 75 cents and Putin began amassing troops along the border,” Biden said.
During a press briefing earlier this week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki got in a tussle with Fox News reporter Peter Doocy after asking whether the Democratic party’s plan was just to blame Putin for everything until after the midterms.
“And so to that point, inflation goes up today. The President’s statement blames the ‘Putin Price Hike.’ Are you guys just going to start blaming Putin for everything until the midterms?” Doocy asked.
“Well, we’ve seen the price of gas go up at least $.75 since President Putin lined up troops on the border of Ukraine,” Psaki replied.
Meanwhile, Steven Rattner, a former counselor to the treasury secretary under former President Barack Obama, fired back at Biden for blaming Putin.
“Well, no. These are Feb #’s and only include small Russia effect. This is Biden’s inflation and he needs to own it,” Rattner tweeted, debunking the president’s claims that Russia’s military aggression towards Ukraine had anything to do with the rising prices in the U.S.
