{"id":124994,"date":"2021-05-13T20:02:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=124994"},"modified":"2021-05-13T20:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:02:29","slug":"the-views-meghan-mccain-blames-biden-for-leading-us-into-gas-crisis-and-says-trump-being-bad-doesnt-make-prez-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/the-views-meghan-mccain-blames-biden-for-leading-us-into-gas-crisis-and-says-trump-being-bad-doesnt-make-prez-good\/","title":{"rendered":"The View's Meghan McCain blames Biden for leading US into gas crisis and says Trump being 'bad doesn't make prez good'"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEGHAN McCain has blamed President Joe Biden for leading the US into the gas crisis as she claimed that \u201cjust because Trump was bad, doesn\u2019t mean this is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The View host on Thursday slammed media coverage of the Biden administration as a \u201cstrategy\u201d as she accused him of failing to care for the \u201caverage American.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Her comments come as Republicans tear into Biden for his \u201cnaive\u201d and \u201cweak\u201d response to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s largest fuel pipeline is back in service after five days, yet gas stations across the Southeast are still awaiting relief after panicked Americans cleared them out of their supply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you know what is also a strategy?\u201d McCain asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA strategy is not focusing on anything the Biden administration is doing right now that is leading our country into crisis.<\/p>\n


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\u201cThere\u2019s a crisis at our border, inflation rates are sky-high, the Middle East is on fire, unemployment is crazy and a lot of Americans can\u2019t figure out how they\u2019re going to get gas in their cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are real problems, it\u2019s like the 70s all over again,\u201d she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a strategy that the media doesn\u2019t want to focus on anything bad happening in the Biden administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI implore everyone who works in this industry – just because Trump was so bad, doesn\u2019t mean that this is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCain claimed that there are \u201creal meat and potatoes issues impacting average Americans\u201d that are not being addressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we should be focusing on that versus relitigating something that happened four months ago,\u201d she concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McCain had been asked for her comments on a House hearing on Wednesday regarding the storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters on January 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Republican lawmakers had claimed that the mob was not violent despite the deaths of five people.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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\u201cIt was Trump supporters who died that day not Trump supporters who were taking the lives of others,\u201d said Rep Jody Hice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep Andrew Clyde added that while the crowd was \u201cundisciplined,\u201d it was not an \u201cinsurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear, to call it an insurrection is a bare-faced lie,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep Clyde also claimed that the crowds that pushed their way into the building were seen in an \u201cordering fashion taking pictures and videos."<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would think it was a normal tourist visit,\u201d he alleged.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was he smoking?\u201d The View\u2019s Whoopi Goldberg asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWho doesn\u2019t go on vacation without bear spray and a noose,\u201d added Joy Behar. \u201cI always thought of going to the Eiffel tower with explosives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Behar slammed Clyde for \u201cblatantly lying\u201d in his comments and claimed it was \u201cgaslighting to the eighth degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople I talk to are frightened that this party will bring down this country, bring down this beautiful country and all that we have treasured over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Joy says friends of hers are frightened, friends of mine are frightened as well,\u201d McCain hit back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to have a conversation with my executive producer yesterday about whether or not I\u2019m going to be able to find gas for my car because lines at the gas stations where I live are down the street or there\u2019s just no gas whatsoever. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m privileged, I work at a company that is going to find a way for me to get to work but what about the average American?\u201d she asked. <\/p>\n

Her co-host Sunny Hostin fired back and said it was right to keep discussing an event that happened \u201conly\u201d four months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans are never the party of Blue LIves Matter,\u201d she added as she spoke about the treatment of Capitol officers on January 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Colonial pipeline – which carries 100million gallons per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel – said it had begun supplying some fuel to most regions along its 5,500-mile route.<\/p>\n

It will expand to areas including Baltimore by mid-day, it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pipeline resumed computer-controlled pumping late Wednesday after adding safety measures.<\/p>\n

The shutdown caused gasoline shortages and emergency declarations from Virginia to Florida, led two refineries to curb production, and had airlines reshuffling some refueling operations.<\/p>\n

The company reportedly paid nearly $5million in ransom to the DarkSide Russian hackers following the attack that sparked the gas crisis.<\/p>\n

It paid the extortionate amount in untraceable cryptocurrency within just hours of the devastating hack, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n