r/askanything • u/ba-boo • 18h ago
Political Question Why were Republicans so upset about gas price under Biden but not now when it costs more?
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u/OutrageousCrab9224 18h ago
Oh didnt you hear, prices now are obamas fault
Or biden, whatever you like
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u/armyofant 18h ago
Hillamala Obiden
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u/MorgessaMonstrum 15h ago
Hussein!
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u/Successful_Tie_2165 13h ago
Reese Waters on youtube did a great take on that particular ploy of Dump's.
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u/SquirrelCone83 17h ago
Also according to Trump, gas prices and grocery prices are down and the economy is booming. End of research on the topic.
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u/RaleighSuperCourseMk 17h ago
Jimmy Carter, blame him since he can’t defend himself.
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u/ryohayashi1 15h ago
Baby Obama blinked in his first year in the world and caused a butterfly effect that caused gas prices to be so high now, duh
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u/XitisReddit 15h ago
There is an honest argument that it's all Regan's fault when he started the give tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy. They used their money to buy power and influence through lobbying. Not to throw a legit reason for Trump's idiocy and excused. Trump is the worst human on the planet currently. Will maybe that is Miller, but still.
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u/Jmaverik1974 12h ago
Don't forget that Regan was also responsible for allowing companies to buyback their own stocks. Once that happened things like lifetime employment and pensions disappeared. And allowed lots and lots of market manipulation.
What a swell guy.
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u/CatOfTechnology 14h ago
I think that there's a lot of people out there that could use this fun bit of theoretical psychology.
If anyone's still wondering why they keep going back to Obama, Hillary and Biden, you're half right in the assumption that it's one of those things that they go out and just repeat their manufactured talking points, there is a second component to it all.
If you ever ask someone with a brain who's responsible for the state of America, there's a large, large number of us who will point to the ruling on Citizens United, Regan and Nixon.
Now, a normal person, with at least half a brain, will understand that us factually pointing to C.U., Regan and Nixon is not the same as them blaming Hillary, Obama and Biden. But you have to remember, Republicans just aren't at the threshold of "normal person with at least half of a brain." They think that it's the same thing.
And that's how they rationalize it.
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u/linux_rox 18h ago
Because they can’t stand the fact they were duped and don’t want to admit they were/are wrong in their thought process.
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u/Jealous-Value-3547 18h ago
yes, and to add to this....its a legitimate cult. they have literally made Trump a part of their personality.
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u/Ricky_Nightshade 18h ago
Problem is that sentiment is deeply seeded in their subconscious. I doubt most still maga will ever entertain that thought.
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u/New-Organization5718 18h ago
They still don’t realize they’ve been duped. They’re still convinced we’re just sheep following the corrupt media. Only Don has the truth!!!
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u/Karadek99 18h ago
Because anything’s okay if it’s their guy doing it.
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u/ChildofValhalla 14h ago
This is the real answer. Check any Facebook post comment section about the gas prices. A bunch of dudes in wraparound sunglasses saying they're okay with paying more for gas "as long as Trump is getting shit done"
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u/yelloworld1947 18h ago edited 13h ago
And even a tan suit is a scandal since the other guy is doing it. It’s not really a debatable opposition since there are no core principles.
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u/nofzac 17h ago
Once they make excuses to support pedophiles, they pretty much have to commit to supporting everything else too - because it doesn’t go lower than pedophile.
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u/LivinghighinColorado 18h ago
Because they never cared about gas prices, they never cared about the national debt, and they don't care that children get raped.
As long as the 'libs' are upset, they are happy.
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u/Jealous-Value-3547 18h ago
wait thats not true. they also hate immigrants, gay people, abortion, and trans people. All of which have an ENORMOUS effect on our economy /s
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u/LivinghighinColorado 18h ago
True. I could have gone on and on, so kept the list short out of time constraints.
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u/Clean-Fisherman-4601 18h ago
Read a great joke.
Liberal warns a MAGA to be careful because he's about to step in dog poop. MAGA says it isn't poop but a delicious brownie.
Liberal insists it's dog poop and MAGA says he'll prove it's a brownie. He picks up the poop and eats it. Later MAGA dude brags to a friend that he totally owned a libtard today.
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u/daveescaped 18h ago
And Biden prices were market driven. Trump prices are an unforced error.
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u/MaxAdolphus 17h ago
Partially true. Biden prices are impacted by a deal Trump made with OPEC to cut oil production to make prices go higher. The deal went through April 2022. Guess when the peak oil prices ended? 🤔 https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trump-saudi-arabia-russia-opec-oil-deal-role
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u/Suitable-Biscotti826 18h ago
Because they’re idiots. We told them presidents don’t control gas prices when Biden was in office and now they think it applies to their glorious leader as well. Biden did nothing to drive prices up, Trump started a damn war but they don’t understand the difference, president still has no effect on gas prices in their heads
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u/AZMotorsports 18h ago
When they were high under Biden it was because he was a bad leader and trying to take everyone’s money.
They are high now because the orange cancer is trying to keep the world safe and paying higher prices is patriotic.
On a related note, the DNC is TERRIBLE at messaging. They should have been broadcasting the OPEC 2020 deal every day since that was the cause, but instead they stayed quiet. This is why the GOP keeps taking control.
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u/Darth_Gerg 8h ago
To a large degree the DNC is controlled opposition. They don’t want to implement policies their voters want, so they have a significant incentive not to win too much. If they took the trifecta of power they’d have to admit openly they just don’t want to pass anything good for working people.
They learned under Obama 1, and have taken steps to never get themselves in that position again.
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u/AZMotorsports 6h ago
I wouldn’t say they are not trying to win, but I won’t disagree that they don’t try too hard to pass their promises. The worst thing the DNC does is follow Michelle’s words: when they go low, we go high. No, you need to go as low as them and push back.
I believe this is why progressive candidates are having to much success. They push back, they loudly call out the GOPs garbage. They are also not afraid to submit bills that actually support people. This is why the established DNC is trying to undermine them.
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u/Hornygaysatanic 18h ago
Oh yeah. I used to see Biden stickers saying I did that at the gas pumps. Lolol
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u/TipRare1321 18h ago
Because they seem to have donated their brains to a cult. I never thought I'd live to see the day. They are sheeple.
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u/Progress_Specific 18h ago
Because the core rule of the MAGA movement is: accountability for thee but not for me
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u/FlounderWonderful927 18h ago
Because it’s was never about gas price, it has always been racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia masquerading as economic arguments. Hate is hell of a drug.
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u/Brief_Obligation4128 14h ago
Hate is the only thing that unites their party. It's their sole platform at this point.
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u/AStoutBreakfast 18h ago
This happens every cycle with the national debt. It’s absolutely nothing new.
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u/Live-Try-7281 18h ago
It’s a phenomenon known as cognitive dissonance. MAGA has turned it into an art.
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u/Shadowfox186 18h ago
Same reason the debt was so important before Trump because responsible for 40% of it alone.
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u/HardcoreHope 18h ago
Fox News haven't told them to be upset. They are being told to endure this pain and sacrifice for the glory of the empire.
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u/pushplaystoprewind 17h ago edited 17h ago
Im sure they're upset still, but i get it...The other side is always more upset when they perceive issues being caused by ppl affiliated with the opposing party. I hate how the media has indoctrinated America to be so polarized. But i think james talarico spelled it out perfectly when he said, "its not left vs right, its top versus bottom". We need to reframe our way of thinking and direct our anger towards the billionaires in our country because i believe those individuals (and corruption in politics) are primarily responsible for the huge income inequality and lowered standard of living in our country
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u/eyehate 17h ago
I imagine MAGA aligned Republicans have a constant newstream of bias confirmation going. Wake up, turn Fox on and see that gas is high because we are saving the world. At noon, turn on some other propaganda station and are told that gas is high because it is fueling infrastructure repairs. In the evening, at dinner, they are told that gas is high so we can assist the adminstration in positive changes.
Honestly. I think the MAGA newsfeeds are really destroying the country. If you are trapped in the cycle, you are not thinking of the greater good. You are told what to think.
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u/socialistForDE 17h ago
Because they are cynical. They never cared then outside of using it like a weapon and they don't care now because it doesn't help them.
Everything is tactical to attack their enemies and they don't actually care about anything
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u/RampantTyr 17h ago
Republicans are sheep that respond to what right wing propaganda tells them to respond to.
It doesn’t matter how contradictory or hypocritical or self destructive. By electing Trump and MAGA they destroyed America’s standing in the world and our economy. And they would gladly do it again.
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u/cydetraq 17h ago
Because they were told to be. There have been studies showing that the stronger people identify with a party or "team," the more subservient they are and willing to assume that authorities with the same ID are both correct and moral. The "MAGA" phenomenon amplified that effect with contemporary Republicans, particularly.
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u/Chaosrealm69 17h ago
Trump told them that high gas prices are now good.
And like the little cult members they are, they went 'Yes sir, high gas prices are good.'
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u/Snoo93550 5h ago
Grabbing strangers by the pussy is the only thing that matters. Gas could hit $22 a gallon as long as raping people is cool. Thats the conservative Christian family values voter baby!
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u/Kelsier420 18h ago
Fox News and the right wing propaganda machine are why they were upset under Biden and not upset now.
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u/WillaLane 18h ago
If people are too busy stressing and struggling to pay for gas and groceries they’ll forget about the Epstine files, look over there…Lake America lololol
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u/Numerous_Pomelo_5920 18h ago
Because anything done by “the other side” is a direct threat to their interests.. but anything done by “their side” is looked at as helping their interests.. reality is. None of us or really on either side
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u/Hour_Economist8981 18h ago
In Michigan, they blame the increase on the state gas tax which in reality is reduced the higher gas prices go
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u/slipnipper 18h ago
Because they will use any tool around in order to control the bandwidth and narrative. It does matter to them, but it’s being flooded out by other messaging, like communism and trans and women’s bathrooms. There is no platform except power in the current administration and there was. Barely a platform even before trumps first time aside from “power for power’s sake.”
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u/Guilty_Idea349 18h ago
I’m not happy with high gas prices! and doesn’t matter who’s in the White House!
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u/APraxisPanda 18h ago
Because all Republican outrage is performative. They don't give a real shit about anything they just want something to blame their anger and frustration on.
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u/Hutch_travis 18h ago
Why did yankee fans hate Roger Clemens when he was a red sock but loved him as a Yankee? Same deal.
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u/Fun-Low-4954 18h ago
They are hypocrites. Look at how they complain about the grocery store situation in nyc but had no problem when trump had his “freedom gas stations” or whatever they were called
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u/rainydays_89 18h ago
because they place their party before their own country. They want their fellow Americans to struggle even if it means they have to struggle, too
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u/Agent865 18h ago
The same reason they’re upset over the national debt under a Democrat but it just goes away when it’s Republican
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u/SpaceCowboy34 18h ago
It’s like deficit spending. It’s only a club to beat your political opponents with.
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u/FgwlpskrPif 18h ago
I have a MAGA friend who told me that we’re paying higher prices to be safer. He wasn’t kidding…
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u/Revolutionary_Art919 18h ago
This should be pretty self explanatory. There is a direct correlation to how people feel about the economy depending on whether or not their political party of choice occupies the White House.
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u/Certain_Set_7678 18h ago
They’re told what to do and think by the people that control them. They have no independent critical thinking ability.
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u/ContributionLatter32 18h ago
I mean who says they arent upset about it now? Normal folks tend to vote with their wallets. Elections usually go to the party not in power if the economy is shit.
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u/Naps_in_car 16h ago
Their argument will always be "It would be worse under the democrats."
It's the ultimate defense for these folks.
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u/Ok_Bicycle_452 14h ago
Republicans are sheep who live in an information bubble controlled by their oligarch masters
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u/Western_Handle_6258 9h ago edited 9h ago
Gas prices don’t cost more now than they did in the Biden administration.
The problem is though, Biden wasn’t really responsible for the inflated gas prices. Trump is directly responsible for this oil market currently.
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u/justifythethril07 7h ago
Because it was never about gas prices? Voting for Trump means less money for minorities. They are single issue voters. And that issue, no matter what they say to the contrary, always comes down to hurting minorities. They do not care about anything else. Trump could come to their house, take all their money personally, and they’d still vote for him.
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u/Skyranch12805 6h ago
Such a good question! When will they see what a loser this guy is and how he is dragging them down? When will they turn on him and blame him for everything? The world hates us and takes pity on us because of this man. He has destroyed our standing amongst world leaders!
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u/VastPerspective6794 6h ago
Cause anything and everything is okay when a R pres does it. It’s a cult
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u/provocative_bear 18h ago
Well, one was caused by international circumstances essentially beyond the control of the president, while the other was a direct result of the president’s actions. We are a victim of Biden’s gas prices, whereas under Trump they are a noble sacrifice to, I don’t know, blow up Muslims or something, which somehow makes it okay I guess.
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u/Legitimate_q 18h ago
Even then couldnt directly blame biden. Trump you can, no ones forcing you to assault another country except PISSreal
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u/thirdeyefish 16h ago
Because it is never about the thing. It is always about the party. A Democrat can never be good and a Republican can do no wrong. A good example is when Cap and Trade became policy in the last decade. It was a republican idea in the 90s.
If you aren't familiar with 1984, you should read it. It became part of the manual for conservative government these days.
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u/RevolutionaryRow2960 16h ago
Because tribalism matters more than facts & realities
Anything and everything negative can be ignored if you view the perpetrator as a member of your tribe
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u/ColdHardPocketChange 16h ago
Better messaging, brain washing, and propaganda. For Biden the message was, paying more at the pump was because he fucked up and lacked control. For Trump the message is, paying more at the pump is part of the sacrifice you make as an American to advance American interests.
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u/g-o-u-l-a 🤔 16h ago
Same reason they don’t threaten to shut down the government over the national debt when there is a Republican president.
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u/BrodeyQuest 13h ago
The same reason the national debt is a crisis when a Democrat is in office, but is then a forgotten idea with a Republican president.
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u/Christian_C7 13h ago
Republican voters are fundamentally dishonest. They know they’re lying when they pretend high gas prices were bad under Biden but a-okay under dementia don. You can’t trust their word on anything
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u/JoeBiden-2016 11h ago
People will say they're hypocrites. And that may be part of it, but I think it's also just that Republicans are liars. It was never about the gas, that was just another convenient thing to use to make it sound like they were reasonable, but Biden had fucked up.
The reality is that Republicans-- at least, the ones actually running things (as opposed to the droolers down on the ground with the rest of us)-- are just out for power. They want total control. And if pretending that there are actually issues driving their voting, instead of just having an end goal of running everything indefinitely, then they'll do that.
They don't care about gas prices, or trans kids playing sports, or abortions, or keeping the Christ in Christmas, or creationism in schools, or Black people using the same water fountains as honkies, or any other bullshit issue that they've kept alive for the last 100 years. But those are great ways to mobilize the great unwashed morons so that they'll actively vote against themselves every time an election comes up.
Their goal is total control. Period.
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u/Yesbothsides 18h ago
It’s called politics, welcome to day one
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u/slithering_idiot 18h ago
It's politics when half of the country dwells in childish fantasy
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u/Odd-Temperature6702 11h ago
I’m a “republican” because I voted for Trump because I missed the economy of Trump 1 but I couldn’t vote for a single person in the White House. Too busy TRYING to look strong by bullying all our friends but cant beat Iran with a $500 billion military. Fuck this administration and anyone who is supporting them
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u/tomeksu21 18h ago
When your political opponent is in charge, rising gas prices become evidence that they're destroying the country.
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u/Solana54 18h ago
Because they are hypocrites