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CNN Newsroom was sticking to the White House marching orders Thursday as they parroted President Biden’s line that the soaring cost of fuel was because of “Putin’s price hikes.” They were so intent on adhering to their factious script that they literally laughed at the idea (we know it’s fact) that inflation was a feature, not a bug, of the Biden presidency. They even suggested inflation wasn’t really an issue until Russia invaded Ukraine.
Following co-host Victor Blackwell announcing inflation was at “7.9 percent over the last year” and how it hasn’t been that high “in 40 years since January of 1982,” co-host Alisyn Camerota parroted the White House talking points about “Putin’s price hikes”:
President Biden blames Putin saying, quote, “Today’s inflation report is a reminder that Americans' budgets are being stretched by price increases and families are starting to feel the impacts of Putin's price hike. A large contributor to inflation this month was an increase in gas and energy prices as markets reacted to the markets responded to Putin’s aggressive actions.”
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