President Joe Biden speaks at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y. May 17, 2022 after meeting with family members of the those killed in the mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket last Saturday. Buffalo Shooting Biden
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (77WABC) — There’s some more backlash against President Joe Biden regarding gas prices. He faced criticism after on Monday appeared to suggest that high gas prices will be a “good” opportunity to make a fundamental turn to clean energy.
“My dear mother used to have an expression: out of everything lousy, something good will happen if you look hard enough for it,” he said. “We have a chance to make a fundamental turn toward renewable energy, electric vehicles, and not just electric vehicles but across the board.”
Some conservatives called the President out on Twitter for the comments.
Gas prices are hovering around $58 a gallon nationwide, according to AAA. Biden’s comments come with inflation at a 40-year-high last month, sparking fears of an impending recession.
Biden also told a reporter that “his team” would sit down with oil executives to demand they produce more oil and question their high profits. He also snapped at a reporter who told him that economists warning a recession is “more likely than ever,” saying “come on, don’t make things up.”
In recent weeks, Biden has shifted blame from the war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin to oil companies as the reason why gas prices keep rising.
You can see some of Biden’s comments here.
