‘Dated’ Joe flubs climate timeline
President Biden was blasted by critics for getting a major point wrong while trying to tout the success of his climate policies.
While trying to brag about the success of his administration, the 80-year-old commander in chief incorrectly projected that the country would pull most of its power from renewable energy by the end of the year — seven years ahead of the true projection.
“The Inflation Reduction Act is projected to help triple wind power and increase solar power eightfold, while electricity deployed through the U.S. power grid is expected to be powered by 81% clean energy by 2023,” Biden posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, Friday.
The tweet — which racked more than over 2 million views — accompanied a picture of Biden posing for a selfie with an unidentified US energy worker.
The gaffe earned him a “community note” pointing out that officials don’t anticipate reaching that goal before 2030.
Biden himself mentioned the original date on the same platform just five days earlier when bragging about his administration’s “historic clean energy action.”
Under the 730-page Inflation Reduction Act — which the president recently admitted he regrets naming as such — $369 billion is committed to environmental projects, including grants to renewable energy companies and tax breaks for consumers.
The typo earned the 46th president plenty of ire.
“Joe Biden doesn’t even realize it is currently 2023,” veteran Jesse Sweeney wrote.
“We’re in 2023 already, genius,” conservative user Rich Weinstein joked.
Former GOP New York US Senate candidate Paul Szypula wrote, “Biden is taking staged selfies like an egomaniac while he brags about ‘clean energy’ — meanwhile energy prices are through the roof.”