Leave it to Hollywood to completely rewrite history and try to cover up the failures of former President Joe Biden via blame-shifting. That’s exactly what happened on Wednesday’s episode of NBC’s procedural drama Chicago Fire, “Permanent Damage,” as one character tries to blame the high cost of living on “late-stage capitalism” rather than Biden’s absolute destruction of the economy and record inflation.
I guess we can give them credit for not trying to blame it on Trump? I’m sure they wanted to but probably realized that wouldn’t fly. In the episode, firefighter Lizzy is looking for a place to live that’s affordable after her landlord “doubled the rent overnight,” which she called “extortion.”
As she’s searching for rentals online with her team, she’s shocked to find there’s nothing in her price range since she last…
