Jeffries tries the usual price blame game
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries went on Good Day New York and tried to blame President Donald Trump for what he called “skyrocketing gas prices.” That is a bold move, considering voters still remember what it felt like to fill up their tanks when the Biden years were running the show. Jeffries said Trump’s actions had cost Americans “significantly,” but the line did not hold up well once the facts got involved. Oil prices had already been easing as peace talks with Iran moved forward, and a signed deal was expected to help shipping return to normal. In other words, the price pain Jeffries was blaming on Trump was already headed the other way. Amazing how fast the talking points melt when they meet a gas pump.
Hakeem Jeffries gets RIPPED after talking about the economy.
HOST: Gas prices were up under Obama
JEFFRIES: Well, listen
HOST: And Biden, right?
JEFFRIES: Well, I’m not…
HOST: Didn’t we have gas prices over $5?
JEFFRIES: Well
HOST: I remember eggs were like $12 a dozen pic.twitter.com/CDcLlfpOHV
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 15, 2026
Rosanna Scotto hits him with the receipts
Anchor Rosanna Scotto did what far too many TV hosts refuse to do these days: she pushed back. She reminded Jeffries that gas prices were also high under Barack Obama and Joe Biden, then asked if Americans had not seen gas prices over $5 a gallon. Jeffries tried to talk around it, saying the spike came in the “immediate aftermath” of the pandemic, but that excuse was off the mark by a mile. The national average went over $5 in June 2022, and that was squarely during the Biden era, when Democrats were busy blaming Vladimir Putin instead of their own anti-energy agenda. Scotto also brought up egg prices, joking they were “like $12 a dozen,” which is exactly the kind of memory test Democrats hate because voters actually remember paying those bills.
When the script falls apart on live TV
The whole exchange was a reminder that Democrats can still get away with slogans until someone asks a direct question. Then the performance gets awkward, the answers get fuzzy, and the audience starts noticing. Jeffries is supposed to be one of the party’s top messengers, yet he looked stuck when the host pressed him on prices Americans know from real life, not from a campaign memo. Even better, the contrast is easy to understand. Under Trump, energy and food prices are moving down. Under Biden, families saw painful spikes at the pump and at the grocery store. That is not some abstract policy debate. That is lunch money, commute money, and every other bill Americans had to swallow while Democrats told them not to believe their own eyes.
When the facts interrupt the talking points. https://t.co/2hTPFxv8C0
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) June 15, 2026
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