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President Joe Biden said on April 12 that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been the cause for the 40-year-high inflation rate of 8.5percent. In Iowa, Biden referred to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the same day and said, “70 percent of the increase in prices in March came from Putin’s price hike in gasoline.” A day later, the Biden administration furthered its blame game with press secretary Jen Psaki claiming that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s inspection of trucks entering the United States from Mexico also played a role in the price uptick. “Governor Abbott’s unnecessary and redundant inspections of trucks transiting ports of entry between Texas and Mexico are causing significant disruptions to the food and automobile supply chains, delaying manufacturing, impacting jobs, and raising prices for families in Texas and across the country,” Psaki said. ...

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