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Democrat explains why he likes high gas prices.

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Democrat Explains Why He Prefers High Gas Prices
Sarah Arnold | Jul 24, 2022 4:30 PM
Democrat Explains Why He Prefers High Gas Prices
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A senior staffer a the Department of State is facing criticism after tweeting why he likes the high gas prices.

Senior State Department Foreign Service Officer Alan Eyre tweeted that he prefers high gas prices because it means less driving and less carbon emissions.

“I prefer high gas prices = less driving, less CO2,” Eyre tweeted.

Eyre, who describes himself as a “gov't bureaucrat,” was met with mounting backlash from former California congressional candidate Ron Bassilian who called him a “ghoul.”

“You're not only a ghoul, you're full of [poop emoji],” Bassilian tweet back to Eyre.


“Perhaps, but I don’t think it is inelastic and I remember in the 1970s the oil embargo led to a massive increase in renewables,” Eyre responded, along with the hashtag #BeKind, which has since been deleted.

It didn’t end there. Basilian took one more shot at the tone-death comment from Eyre.

“Be kind?…Perhaps be kind to the billions of people left high and dry in this situation you praise. Saying a famine is a good way to start a diet is not kind,” Bassilian tweeted back.


The tweet was in response to President Joe Biden claiming that American families are currently paying less per month for gasoline than they were during recent “peak prices.”

However, the average price of gas is still roughly $4.36 or more.

This compared to the average price for fuel being $2.17 in 2020 when President Donald Trump was still in office.

Twitter users slammed Eyre’s tweet, saying that he is “out of touch with everyday Americans.”

Another said “he is one of militia of Biden bureaucrats who continue to destroy this country with their insane antics.”
SOURCE URL: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2022/07/24/biden-staffer-explains-why-he-prefers-high-gas-prices-n2610725


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    Posted by $ 2 years, 3 months ago
    Honestly.....when gas prices were over $5.00 around me I had a lot less Democrats in my way at the gas station and restaurants and on the river.

    And they can take that BeKind hashtag and stick it up their ass.
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    • Posted by $ 25n56il4 2 years, 3 months ago
      Well fortunately I live in a small Texas town and we don't have that traffic problem. Plenty of gas stations. But our people work hard for their money and I think the prices stink!
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  • Posted by Aeronca 2 years, 3 months ago
    Lots of rich and well off Democrats love the high fuel prices. They think it's a sign that the green utopia is coming. It's also schadenfreude against anyone who doesn't agree with them. How kind to rejoice in the suffering of others.
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    • Posted by $ allosaur 2 years, 3 months ago
      "Let them eat cake" just went and popped into me dino's head.
      Apologies to Marie Antoinette about whom I've read it speculated that she may not have even said that but went to the guillotine anyway.
      The guillotine: Justice for We The People? The guillotine is not considered cruel for being as quick as a dropping heavy blade.
      Unusual? Yeah, maybe. It wasn't unusual in France, though. Me dino does have some French in my DNA. So maybe I'm biased.
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  • Posted by term2 2 years, 3 months ago
    why not just issue ration cards for gas, or cut back on allowed driving, or just make gas cars illegal to drive on the road. Directive 10-289 is coming...
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    • Posted by $ 2 years, 3 months ago
      You got it! This will not end well. Sometime after January there will be some kind of “crisis” that requires “extraordinary efforts” due to the “rapidly evolving situation”. Bank on it. As in pull it all now and buy something with intrinsic value.

      I figured the “Let them eat cake.” moment would be in regards to food. But, here we are!
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      • Posted by term2 2 years, 3 months ago
        Our real problem is the printing of money and destruction of the dollar. I dont think we are going to have much in the way of food shortages. I would put bets on getting into a full scale war with russia/china though, as long as the leftists are trying to covert up their failures. I could see them doing that just prior to the mid term elections to help their side (I hope not though). If the repubs win big in november, I would also bet biden retires in short order to be with his family due to his advancing age.

        Kamala will be a nothing burger and we will have gridlock, which is good. She might even change the official national bird to the cackling chicken.
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  • Posted by $ pixelate 2 years, 3 months ago
    These bureaucrats are completely out of touch -- untethered from reality.
    "A famine is a good way to start a diet." -- that retort is spot-on.
    I once knew someone that insisted that the Cuban health care system is superior to that in the USA -- people are losing weight and that's a good thing! I had to remind her that people were losing weight as a result of a lack of food as well as the high prices.

    Regarding the BeKind hashtag nonsense ... When conversing with a progressive that had the "Love is Love" bumper sticker, I retorted "Horse Sht is Horse Sht" The lovely lib replied "that's not nice!" These people are so damned shallow... of course, what can one expect from a child.
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