Even Dems Pan Biden's Gas Tax Gimmick

Biden’s proposed gas tax ‘holiday’ is a thinly veiled attempt to make up for an historically-low approval rating ahead of the midterm elections – a “gimmick,” you might say.

Barack Obama: “For us to suggest 30 cents a day for three months is real relief…we are not tackling the problem.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “Very showbiz, OK? ‘Let’s just do something, there it is.’ But it is not necessarily landing in the pocket of the consumer.”
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: “I have not been a proponent of the gas tax [holiday]. I just don’t know that it gives much relief.”
Sen. Joe Manchin: “Skeptical.”
Sen. Tom Carper: “Shortsighted and inefficient.”
Rep. Richie Neal: “There is no guarantee that any sort of suspension of the gas tax will be passed on to consumers.”
- Neal: “Is the savings really going to flow to the consumer?”
Rep. Peter DeFazio: “Suspending the federal gas tax will not provide meaningful relief.”

Obama economist Jason Furman: “Whatever you thought of the merits of a gas tax holiday in February it is a worse idea now.”
Harvard economist Peter Blair: “Bad idea.”
Obama Treasury Secretary Larry Summers: “No fan of the gas tax holiday … That’s kind of a gimmick.”
NBC’s Chuck Todd: “Obama once called the gas tax holiday ‘a gimmick.’ Why is this not a gimmick now?”
CNN’s Matt Egan: “This does nothing.”
CNN’s John Harwood: “It is a gimmick. It doesn’t solve the underlying problem.”

After months of sky-high gas prices, why is Biden pushing this now?

Because he’ll say anything to distract from his failures.