The White House is yet again in “damage control” mode after President Joe Biden made a gaffe in his remarks about renewable energy.
Biden recently announced his plan to release 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the next six months.
Biden says you “will save about $80 a month from not having to pay gas at the pump"… if you buy an electric car..
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 1, 2022
So out of touch.
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“If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity, like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month on average,” the president said.
However, Biden overestimated his figures by $5,500, so the White House was forced to clean his mess once again and sent out a transcript of his remarks with the word “month” crossed out and the word “year” added in brackets.
The correct version of the president’s pitch also appeared in a fact sheet sent out to reporters prior to the speech containing the correct numbers.
This comes after critics slammed Biden on social media for announcing that if his plan gets the green light, “we can take advantage of the next generation of electric vehicles [so] that a typical driver will save about $80 a month from not having to pay gas at the pump.”
Contrary to his claims, the average price of a new electric vehicle in February was $64,685, according to Kelly Blue Book.
Earlier this week, Biden also announced his 2023 green energy strategy aimed to reduce “dependence on manufacturers of non-renewable resources” and claimed that this would be “the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in US history.”
“After my predecessor’s fiscal mismanagement, we’re reducing the Trump deficits and returning our fiscal house to order,” the president said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized Biden’s budget, saying that it is “woefully short on defense spending.” He also argued that the proposed 4% increase in military spending would amount to an “actual cut in funding for our armed forces in real dollars.”
Meanwhile, House and Senate liberals have been hesitant about Biden’s proposal, with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders saying that “we do not need a massive increase in the defense budget” when the U.S. is “already spending more on the military than the next 11 countries combined.”
