pjwestin ,
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Yeah, but Biden didn't become president in 2022 or 2014; he picked 2020 because Biden was elected in 2020, when gas was 50% cheaper. The increase isn't Biden's fault, but it's one reason why a lot of Americans don't feel like the economy got better during his presidency. He's looking at data from 2019/2020 to 2023/2024, AKA just before the last election until just before the next election. That's not cherry picking, it's just examining the relevant time period.

Also, you understand you're doing the exact thing the article is about, right? This whole-ass article is, "Democratic pundits think Americans should feel good about the economy because of [X data point], but if you look at [Y data point], you can see why they still feel like they're doing poorly." Your response is, "How dare he bring up [Y], doesn't he know about [X]?!?!?"

Maybe you're right about this guy is a conservative hack; I'm really not familiar enough with him to say. But I did read this article, and it's not a conservative hit-piece. It raises some really good points about why Americans are not responding well to liberal pundits' economic messaging. It doesn't at any point attack Biden's economic strategy, and even compliments him for addressing voters' concerns head on. It really looks like you just read the headline, saw the author, decided the article was anti-Biden without reading it, and are now trying to force evidence to fit that conclusion.

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