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Biden economic advisor calls upon Americans to endure high gas prices to preserve 'the liberal world order'
Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, was responding to a question by CNN host Victor Blackwell, who had just played a clip of President Joe Biden telling a reporter at Thursday’s NATO summit that American drivers should expect to pay record-high prices for gas “as long as it takes” to defeat Russia in Ukraine
July 1, 2022 2:48pm
Updated: July 1, 2022 2:48pm
President Joe Biden’s chief economic adviser said Thursday that Americans should “stand firm” on paying high gas prices for the sake of “the future of the Liberal World Order.”
Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, was responding to a question by CNN host Victor Blackwell, who had just played a clip of President Joe Biden telling a reporter at Thursday’s NATO summit that American drivers should expect to pay record-high prices for gas “as long as it takes” to defeat Russia in Ukraine.
"The military analysts, the Director of National Intelligence say this can be a long war measured in years. I think everybody understands why this is happening. But is it sustainable?,” the host asked Deese.
What do you say to those families that say, 'Listen, we can't afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years. This is just not sustainable.’”
The economist defended Biden’s statement at NATO as “a clear articulation of the stakes.”
“This is about the future of the liberal world order, and we have to stand firm,” Deese stated
A clip of the exchange posted to Twitter had 2.5 million views by Friday afternoon, up from 1.7 million earlier that morning.
Completely out of touch. https://t.co/yCDHrT636c
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 1, 2022
The phrase “liberal world order” was widely panned by conservatives on social media.
“Completely out of touch,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said in a quote tweet of the clip.
“Is Brian Deese a Republican plant? Because this is the easiest midterm ad content I’ve ever seen,” Republican communicator Matt Whitlock tweeted.
Great poll question: Are you comfortable playing record-high gas prices to protect the “liberal world order?”
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) July 1, 2022
I’d be willing to bet less than 20% say yes.
Some noted that Deese was most recently the Global Head of Sustainable Investing at Blackrock, who is managing $10 trillion in assets as of January 2022 and wondered aloud if his prioritizing environmentalism over high commodities prices was a coincidence.
This is not the first time the Biden administration prioritized green energy policies over soaring gas prices.
In November, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm passed off sky-high gas prices part of an "energy transition," saying Americans "have to take some time to get off oil and gas."
Think it's just a coincidence that Biden's Chief Economic Adviser, @BrianDeeseNEC, formerly worked for @BlackRock as their Global Head of Sustainable Investing (aka their ESG czar)? pic.twitter.com/J31LNnzZty
— Will Hild (@WillHild) July 1, 2022
