Senator Hits Biden Over High Gas Prices: "It's Cheaper to Buy Cocaine"
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A Republican senator in the United States has slammed the Joe Biden administration, claiming that gas prices are so high that “it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere.” The remarks come against the backdrop of widespread high inflation in many countries around the world.
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana lashed out at the Democratic party for their handling of the economic crisis in a Fox News interview. Petrol prices in America are at record levels, with many experts attributing this to the fallout from the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Mr. Kennedy continues to blame the US President in his interview, saying, “President Biden continues to campaign for more economic ruin by trying to convince us in Congress to raise taxes by three and a half trillion dollars by expanding an already generous welfare system and by turning cops into social workers.”

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Rifts between America’s two parties have only grown wider in recent years, with bipartisan legislation appearing a long shot.
Along with an economic crisis, the country is dealing with gun control debates in the aftermath of a tragic mass shooting at a primary school school in Texas that killed 19 students and two teachers.

As public outrage grows over the government’s inability to keep its citizens safe, the United States Congress is in the process of introducing a bipartisan bill attempting to enact certain gun control laws.