Biden’s Bet That Americans Will Understand the Stakes of Russia’s War

On Wednesday morning, as he drove into D.C. from the near Virginia suburbs, Don Beyer paid $4.85 a gallon for gas, an increase of nearly $1 per gallon from only a week before. Beyer did not enjoy the price jump as a commuter. But as a Democratic congressman representing a district just south of Washington, and as the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, Beyer wondered whether the political pain would be rising with the numbers on the pump—and if gas prices were merely the first domestic ripple from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The life-and-death consequences overseas remain the highest… Read Full Article