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Ariana Baio
May 16, 2022
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos clapped back at a tweet President Joe Biden made about inflation - and called on the new Disinformation Governance Board to review it.
On Friday, President Biden, 79, tweeted that in order to bring down inflation, the richest corporations need to "pay their fair share" and Bezos, 58, took issue with this.
Bezos responded to the president, "the newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead" and scolded Biden for 'misdirecting' the public.
"Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection," Bezos' tweet read.
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The Disinformation Governance Board was created under the Biden Administration to act as an advisory board to the Department of Homeland Security to help them disseminate misinformation.
Many have criticized the new Disinformation Board for its rollout and claimed it sets a bad precedent in monitoring speech.
The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead. Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection.https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1525234935346483210\u00a0\u2026— Jeff Bezos (@Jeff Bezos) 1652497001
But it seems Bezos is determined to defend his company and himself against Biden's claim about inflation as he continued to criticize Biden's economic decisions.
On Sunday, the 58-year-old responded to yet another tweet from President Biden about decreasing the country's deficit and added that "misdirection doesn't help the country."
In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves. Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn\u2019t help the country.https://twitter.com/ne0liberal/status/1525672295775223808\u00a0\u2026— Jeff Bezos (@Jeff Bezos) 1652625187
On Monday, Andrew Bates, spokesperson for the White House, responded to Bezos' in a statement accusing "one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth" of opposing an economic plan that "cuts some of the biggest costs families face, fights inflation for the long haul, and adds to the historic deficit reduction" for the middle class.
"It's also unsurprising that this tweet comes after the President met with labor organizers, including Amazon employees," the statement added.
Defending himself, Bezos, who stepped down as CEO of Amazon last year, responded to the tweet by accusing the White House 'of muddying the topic'.
Look, a squirrel! This is the White House\u2019s statement about my recent tweets. They understandably want to muddy the topic. They know inflation hurts the neediest the most. But unions aren\u2019t causing inflation and neither are wealthy people. Remember the Administration tried\u2026pic.twitter.com/GaMb3Kiu72— Jeff Bezos (@Jeff Bezos) 1652718830
The days-long spat between the Biden administration and Bezos is the first time the two have publicly expressed negative feelings for each other but Bezos is no stranger to calling-out people on Twitter.
Last month, Bezos called out Elon Musk for attempting to purchase Twitter.
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