2026-04-17 15:38 UTC
@georgetakei@universeodon.com
Not sure how accurate this is, but here's a graph of the data.
https://www.macrotrends.net/datasets/3591/us-gasoline-prices
When did she say this? Jan-25->Jan26 it looks like a 30 cent drop. Goes ape shit after that, but a few months ago it was a decent drop for about a qtr before the forever spike begins.
Would have been a really good time to buy if you could start a war and jack up the price.
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@technothrasher@universeodon.com 2026-04-17 16:09
@crazyeddie@mastodon.social @georgetakei@universeodon.com "When did she say this?" She said it on Wednesday. Right before she said it, she did acknowledge the high prices, giving the official "short term pain, long term gain" rationalization. She wasn't actually pretending gas prices weren't currently high, she was trying to deflect criticism by saying they had been dropping for quite a while before. Still a weak attempt, but not exactly the same as the gaslighting that the out of context quote implies.