Joe Biden is known for his tall tales, fibs, and outright lies, but recent attention has been on the president's repeated statement that inflation was at nine percent when he took office in January 2021. In the real world, inflation was actually under 1.5 percent at the start of Biden's term, but the president and his defenders have insisted Biden wasn't lying. To call out the president's latest lie that swiftly earned him "Four Pinocchios" from the Washington Post, there's a creative trolling effort playing out in Times Square.
Visitors to the heart of Manhattan will see a giant billboard featuring Biden's false statement that inflation "was at 9 percent when I came into office" with a rebuttal in the hollering style that's a trademark of Biden's public remarks. "Hey pal. How many more times do we need to hear this malarkey?! Do you think we're stupid or something?"
"Do you think we're stupid or something?" asks a new @JobCreatorsUSA billboard in Times Square taking Biden to task for his false claim that inflation was 9% when he took office. pic.twitter.com/ES84JG4Slj
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) May 17, 2024
Put up by Job Creators Network (JCN), the billboard makes an important point. Does Biden think he can gaslight the American people into believing that he inherited an economic mess and is not to blame for the pain being felt by Americans at the gas pump, in the grocery store, and while paying bills?
"Consumer prices have soared by 20 percent on President Biden's watch, leaving small businesses and American families in difficult financial straits," reminded Job Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz in a statement provided to Townhall.
"Biden continues to try to rewrite history in an attempt to deflect blame and bolster support ahead of the November election," Ortiz emphasized. "When Biden took office, inflation was at 1.4 percent, not 9 percent as he recently claimed. Does the White House think we're stupid or something?"
It's unclear why the White House or President Biden would think it can get away with such blatantly false statements about the economy and consequences of "Bidenomics." The president's approval rating on the economy has been underwater for years, showing that Americans are not buying previous attempts by the White House to spin terrible economic reports and convince Americans that their pain is a figment of their imagination.