"You're not the best at math": Lauren Boebert's attack on Biden over gas prices backfires

[Judi Lynn]

Boebert's dunk on Biden was quickly debunked by a gas pricing expert

By BRAD REED
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 21, 2022 1:30PM (EST)

An expert on gas prices mocked Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Tuesday for launching a nonsensical attack on President Joe Biden's recent decision to restock the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

A couple of days ago, Boebert attacked Biden for buying up 3 million oil barrels to restock the reserve after he sold off an estimated 180 million barrels earlier this year in an effort to lower spiking gas prices.

"Trump stocked up our reserves at record-low prices," she wrote on Twitter. "Then, Biden emptied it out to get through the midterms. Now, he's going to stock it back up at a MUCH higher price."

But Patrick De Haan, a gas price tracker who in the past has been critical of Biden for not doing enough to boost the gasoline supply, pointed out in response that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now buying back oil barrels at a significantly lower rate than what it sold them for earlier this year.

More:
https://www.salon.com/2022/12/21/youre-not-the-best-at-math-lauren-boeberts-on-biden-over-gas-prices-backfires_partner/

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Boebert is what happens when you're too stupid to breathe and your brain dies of oxygen

deprivation. What a truckload of stupid packed in a little vermin skin.

[vanlassie]

15. .

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Boebert. . .

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[SergeStorms]

3. Jackie Mason.

Old-time comedian. Some say he was a right-wing asshole.

I saw him outside of the Carnegie Deli in NYC and he was the most pleasant man imaginable. He stood outside on a rather cool, cloudy day, and put on a private show for 20 minutes or so for about 15 people who gathered around him.

Not a word about politics.

[Grins]

4. Arithmetic. How does it work? NM

[KS Toronado]

7. It's really pretty simple.....

[IronLionZion]

5. Trump's gas prices were super low in 2020

as worldwide travel ground to a halt real fast.

[Warpy]

6. Now we know why her wild west gunslinger greasy spoon closed.

They failed to convince their new landlord's managing company that it was a legitimate business and not just a front for pushing RWNJ, gunloon ideology. Imagine that. That her math skills were too bad for them to afford to move to a new location is just extra icing.

It's too bad more of the voters didn't catch on.

[Ananda62]

8. Sadly

The truth never gets much traction (and probably no coverage) in the MSM. It’s the outrageous lies that get all the coverage. That’s what drives Fox “News.”

[mwb970]

9. They're all so darned STUPID.

It's maddening.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. good grief. and they re elected her?? for shame .

[Aviation Pro]

11. Boebert is what happens when your mother drinks alcohol during gestation

Math and everything else are not her strong points.

[Permanut]

12. Alternative facts..

Are actually better than the real ones.

[OnlinePoker]

13. When Trump took office in Jan 2017, SPR had 695 million barrels

When Trump left office in 2021, SPR had 638 million barrels. Exactly how did Trump stock up the reserves?

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=M_EP00_SAS_NUS_MBBL&f=M

[KentuckyWoman]

24. THIS

Thank you for adding the link.

[generalbetrayus]

14. Just today, I bought regular unleaded gas for $2.27 a gallon at a grocery store gas station

in the Denver metro area. Seems like a great time to start restocking the Strategic Petroleum Preserve. Boebert is an embarrassment to a pretty solid blue Colorado these days.

[Mblaze]

16. I'm certainly not a fan of Boebert

But it seems to me she meant a higher price than Trump paid, not a higher price than Biden sold it for.

[Mysterian]

18. Maybe you missed this part

"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve saw a net decline in barrels during Trump's tenure, dropping from 695 million barrels in 2017 to 634 million by 2021."

Reading is fundamental.

[Mblaze]

23. I did see that

I saw the chart. The levels changed many times during that period. It seems that top-ups occurred unless tens of thousands of barrels just evaporated and appeared again.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. TFG Did Not Boost The Reserve During His Time

She made that up. Between 2017 & 2021 the reserve went down about 60 million barrels.
It doesn't matter what she meant. She started out with a lie.

[IcyPeas]

17. If a tree falls in the forest will FOX news viewers hear it?

[P-Nutt]

20. Six Gun Annie (Bo-Bo)

Is the poster child for not allowing your children to eat lead paint.

[KentuckyWoman]

25. I am

Laughing so hard. An oldie but a goodie.

[iluvtennis]

21. Bobo is an idiot. n/t

[TomSlick]

22. Geebus.

How can anyone so stupid manage to breath?