President Biden was slammed by critics on Friday for getting one major thing wrong while trying to tout the success of his climate policy.
While trying to brag about his administration’s successes, the 80-year-old commander-in-chief mistakenly predicted that the country would draw most of its power from renewable energy by the end of the year – seven years earlier than originally projected. .
“The Inflation Reduction Act is projected to help triple wind power and increase solar power eightfold, while electricity consumed through the US power grid is expected to be powered by 81% clean energy by 2023,” Biden sent to Xformerly known as Twitter.
The tweet – which got more than two million views – accompanied a photo of Biden posing for a selfie with an unidentified US energy worker.
The offense gave it a “community note” indicating that officials do not expect to reach that goal before 2030.
Fact-checking also dealt a devastating blow: Biden himself mention the original date on the same platform just five days earlier when boasting about his administration’s “historic clean energy action.”
The tweet — which got more than two million views — accompanied a photo of Biden posing for a selfie with an unidentified US energy worker.Joe Biden/X
Under the 730-page Inflation Reduction Act — which the president recently admitted he regrets naming — provides $369 billion to environmental projects, including grants to renewable energy companies and tax breaks for consumers over several years.
The blunder earned the 46th president a lot of ire from critics, many of whom couldn’t pass up an opportunity to criticize Biden.
“Joe Biden doesn’t realize that right now it’s 2023,” the veteran said Jesse Sweeney writes.
“We’re already in 2023, genius,” a conservative user said Kaya Weinstein joked.
One X account said: “caught lying again.”
“Joe Biden is the perfect example of the lights on, but nobody’s home,” said another.
The blunder earned the 46th president a lot of ire from critics, many of whom couldn’t pass up an opportunity to criticize Biden.REUTERS
Under the 730-page Inflation Reduction Act — which the president recently admitted he regrets naming it — provides $369 billion to environmental projects, including grants to renewable energy companies and tax breaks for consumers over several years.AP
Former New York GOP US Senate candidate Paul Szypula takes aim at Biden’s unnecessary selfies, as well as his administration’s energy policies.
“Biden is taking stage selfies like an egomaniac while bragging about ‘clean energy’ — meanwhile energy prices are through the roof. And there is nothing clean about solar and wind power. Their manufacturing produces a lot of pollution. They are also inconsistent and unreliable,” he wrote.
Daniel Turner, founder of the Republican environmental group Power the Future, added: “It’s 2023. And we haven’t reached 81%. This makes no sense so I guess you tweeted it yourself…”
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