homeland security secretary is blaming the migrants themselves for being trapped and dying. oh, boy, okay. but first record gas prices putting a damper on 4th of july travel. the president instead of taking responsibility has got a brand-new target, gas stations. biden tweeted, quote, my message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple. this is a time of war and global peril. bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product and do it now. washington post owner and billionaire businessman jeff bezos isn t buying it, though, tweeting, quote, ouch. inflation is far too important a problem for the white house to keep making statements like this. it is either straight up misdirection or deep misunderstanding of the basic market dynamics. the white house is coming to biden s defense. anybody that knows president biden knows he s plain spoken, and he tells exactly what he s thinking, and in