On Thursday, Joe Biden tried to sell the claim that this was the strongest year for economic growth since 1984. They even put out a chart declaring it.

The fastest economic growth since 1984. Things are moving, folks. pic.twitter.com/tkjf4THt8K

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 28, 2022

We just learned that President Biden’s first year in office was the strongest year for economic growth since 1984. pic.twitter.com/I3qpODiHqy

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 27, 2022

Do you feel that? Does anyone? The problem of course is that this is post the pandemic —  when everything was shut down. Comparing current conditions to a locked-down economy is about as propaganda as you can get.

Biden is responsible for movement alright — the movement of incredibly high inflation, the highest since 1982. It’s why the cost of everything around us has risen. Couple that with the supply chain crisis and the bare shelves. Then you dare to celebrate the economy that you’ve left in a mess? Biden and his people have no shame. Explain to me why I have to go to three stores to be able to find a whole chicken. We don’t live in the old Soviet Union. At least we didn’t until Biden came into office.

#Bidenflation has us paying more for just about everything:

Gasoline ⬆️49.6%
Used cars & trucks ⬆️ 37.3%
Propane, kerosene, & firewood ⬆️ 33.8%
Beef & veal are ⬆️ 18.6%
Bacon ⬆️ 18.6%
Livingroom, kitchen, & dining room furniture ⬆️17.3%

And Dems want MORE reckless spending…

— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) January 27, 2022

But there’s a little more there than just their propaganda. If you look at the chart that they put out to brag about their claim, you might notice a small problem on the Y-axis. Notice how it goes up in increments of 1.0 but then oddly has “5.5” slipped in there, the only 0.5 on the chart? So it visually looks longer when you are viewing it because they added it. So his “achievement” visually would look more impressive.

Not only are they trying to buffalo you on the bigger picture, but they’re also playing funny business with the chart as well.

People noticed, so this was their response: whoops, sorry, we didn’t proofread.

This is y you proofread.

If you want a corrected chart to share the news of our record economic growth, use this one instead. pic.twitter.com/t147ly2fHY

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 27, 2022

Again, do they think anyone seriously believes this? If you generate an Excel chart, you would have to affirmatively change it to get it to that. Don’t give me this nonsense that you didn’t “proofread.” But then, let’s go with that lie. What other things haven’t you adequately “proofread” and checked if you would put something like this out.

Chart guys were not at all happy with this.

Chart Man deems this chart Very Bad (0 stars) for changing the y axis scale at the top to make it look more impressive https://t.co/yIIezP6pzk

— Matt Shirley (@mattsurely) January 27, 2022

Christopher Ingraham, the Executive VP of Cool Charts wasn’t buying it. He’s noticed this wasn’t their first, third, or even 36th time this has happened, according to him.

I don't say this lightly but whoever is doing the charts for the White House needs to be fired or reassigned. Check out the y-axis: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6. This is like the 37th time they've done something stupid and amateurish like this, which tells me it's not a mistake. https://t.co/pJTZjKt6m9

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) January 27, 2022

And as the sole proprietor of “The Why Axis” this is offensive to me, personally. https://t.co/DLOvoCxdWq

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) January 27, 2022

This is perhaps not surprising coming from a guy who plagiarized in law school, has ripped off other people’s remarks in his speeches, and has lied his head off from the start of his campaign. Not exactly the most honest administration. But when they do things like this that are such obvious lies, they’re insulting our intelligence too, in addition to offending the chart guys.

We know how much this economy is hurting people. Don’t you even try this kind of nonsense.