Biden and the increase in Social Security payments

 Biz Pac Review:

On Wednesday, the White House was humiliated once again when it was forced to delete a tweet that had credited “President Biden’s leadership” for the bump in Social Security payments after being flagged by Twitter as being inaccurate.

The increase in Social Security checks is actually due to a 40-year high in inflation, which ironically, Biden is responsible for.

“Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the White House fibbed on Twitter Tuesday.

The original tweet was flagged on Twitter noting that many readers were adding “context” to it. The White House did not say why the tweet was deleted but it was definitely noticed.
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) was among those who noted that the White House did not factually state what actually led to the increase in Social Security benefits.

​”​Biden social media geniuses are giving Biden credit for the biggest Social Security COLA in 10 years, but neglect to mention that [Social Security] COLA is an automatic formula based on government inflation metric​,” he stated, referring to the Consumer Price Index.

”Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate,” a contextual note by Twitter stated.
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“LOL. Who wants to tell the intern at the​ ​@WhiteHouse​ ​why seniors are getting their biggest increase in SS checks in 10 years???” David Giglio wrote on Twitter. “It ain’t because Joe is acting out of the goodness of his heart. It’s because Bidenflation has run unchecked for nearly 2 years​.”
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“My sweet lord,” wrote conservative author Noah Rothman Tuesday. “Who on earth thought taking actual credit for a COLA increase pegged to the cost of consumer goods was a brilliant stroke?”
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Well, Biden does deserve credit for driving up the cost of living with his reckless spending agenda.  

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