Ro Khanna Takes Aim at Joe Biden on Inflation as Public Anger Grows

Ro Khanna Takes Aim at Joe Biden on Inflation as Public Anger Grows

Democratic Representative Ro Khanna took aim at President Joe Biden over inflation in a new op-ed just over six months before crucial midterm elections that his party may lose.

Khanna, who represents California's 17th district, wrote an article published by The New York Times on Thursday with the headline: "There is way more Biden can do to lower prices."

The United States is currently experiencing what many have described as a cost of living crisis. The annualized rate of inflation in May was 8.3 percent—a slight fall in April but still at a nearly 40-year high. The average price for a gallon of gas has also reached new record highs several times in recent weeks, while Khanna pointed to the cost of groceries, saying inflation was "causing real pain and hardship in my community and across our country."