MAGA Rep. Dragged After Trying To Blame Obama For Current Gas Prices—And The Desperation Is Palpable

Democratic President Barack Obama left the White House almost a decade ago, serving as POTUS from January 2009 to January 2017. But apparently 10 years isn't long enough for Republicans to stop blaming him for their own party's failures.

During a September 30 appearance on Newsmax, Georgia MAGA Republican Representative Rich McCormick, who wasn't even in Congress when President Obama was in the White House, blamed the high price of gasoline on the former Democratic POTUS.

McCormick, like many in his party, rejected the notion that MAGA Republican President Donald Trump's Iran War or his tariffs are in any way responsible for the price increases since Trump took office.

You can see McCormick make his claims here:

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McCormick said:

"Gas prices are artificially inflated, but that's going to be temporary. Get the truth out there. Realize that there was a huge growth and permanent elevation in gas prices during the Obama administration, which was planned. He talked about that."

The Georgia legislator offered no specifics to back his claim. He also offered no explanation for why those permanent elevations waited almost a decade to appear, skipping Trump's first term in office that directly followed President Obama's presidency.

McCormick added in a seeming nod to the real reason for the high prices at the pump:

"We want to bring gas prices down. We will bring gas prices down, but we got to deal with a very real and serious threat to America, one that's growing nuclear arms and ballistic missiles."

"And if you think gas prices are bad now, imagine a theocracy with mad men at the helm that are actually threatening to destroy America. That'd be a lot more expensive in the long run."

People weren't buying McCormick's blame shifting and doublespeak.

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But don't worry.

If voters tire of MAGA Republicans blaming all of the problems of the Trump administration and the GOP-controlled Congress on former Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, they've still got Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, FDR and more.