ASHINGTON — President Biden had strong words — a single word, in fact — for Republicans who have accused him of not doing enough to bring down gasoline prices from their historic highs: “Nonsense.”
He used the word twice in his remarks from the White House on Wednesday, which he used to call for a temporary suspension of the gas tax — and to offer a spirited counter-argument to political opponents who have blamed him for the $4.96 average price-per-gallon across the nation.
“My Republican friends claim we’re not producing enough oil and that I am limiting oil production. Quite frankly, that’s nonsense,” Biden said during his speech, noting that the United States is now producing some 12 million oil barrels per day, making the current average for his administration slightly higher than that for his predecessor Donald Trump.