Latest Fact-checks in Gas Prices Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” Chris Rose stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X: Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden. Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.” Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. Erick Erickson stated on January 27, 2023 in a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.” Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet: “Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.” Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post: “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.” Joe Biden stated on October 27, 2022 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.: The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.” Viral image stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.” Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad: Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.” Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.” Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. " Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 6, 2022 in TV ad: “Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.” Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.” Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher. Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: “My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.” Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.” Instagram posts stated on July 7, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Biden admits $5 gas is being done on purpose” and “this has been his plan all along.” Viral image stated on June 17, 2022 in a post on Facebook: An image shows gas prices on Jan. 6, 2021. Viral image stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas." Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2022 in Facebook posts: A BP oil executive named Brice Cromwell blamed the Biden administration for high gas prices. X posts stated on June 2, 2022 in a tweet: Biden gave Americans “the cheapest gas prices on Earth.” Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: Speedway is offering $500 fuel cards for $1.95 to help customers with rising fuel costs. Viral image stated on May 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Costco gas pump screen said “Don’t blame us. Blame Joe Biden.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.” Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad: Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing." Raphael Warnock stated on April 5, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden: “While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” Chris Rose stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X: Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden. Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.” Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. Erick Erickson stated on January 27, 2023 in a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.” Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet: “Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.” Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post: “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.” Joe Biden stated on October 27, 2022 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.: The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.” Viral image stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.” Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad: Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.” Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.” Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. " Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons." Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 6, 2022 in TV ad: “Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.” Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.” Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher. Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: “My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.” Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.” Instagram posts stated on July 7, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Biden admits $5 gas is being done on purpose” and “this has been his plan all along.” Viral image stated on June 17, 2022 in a post on Facebook: An image shows gas prices on Jan. 6, 2021. Viral image stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas." Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2022 in Facebook posts: A BP oil executive named Brice Cromwell blamed the Biden administration for high gas prices. X posts stated on June 2, 2022 in a tweet: Biden gave Americans “the cheapest gas prices on Earth.” Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: Speedway is offering $500 fuel cards for $1.95 to help customers with rising fuel costs. Viral image stated on May 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Costco gas pump screen said “Don’t blame us. Blame Joe Biden.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.” Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad: Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing." Raphael Warnock stated on April 5, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden: “While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
Chris Rose stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X: Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden.
Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Erick Erickson stated on January 27, 2023 in a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet: “Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”
Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post: “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
Joe Biden stated on October 27, 2022 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.: The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.”
Viral image stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.”
Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad: Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.”
Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "
Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons."
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 6, 2022 in TV ad: “Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”
Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.”
Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: “My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”
Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
Instagram posts stated on July 7, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Biden admits $5 gas is being done on purpose” and “this has been his plan all along.”
Viral image stated on June 17, 2022 in a post on Facebook: An image shows gas prices on Jan. 6, 2021.
Viral image stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas."
Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2022 in Facebook posts: A BP oil executive named Brice Cromwell blamed the Biden administration for high gas prices.
Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: Speedway is offering $500 fuel cards for $1.95 to help customers with rising fuel costs.
Viral image stated on May 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Costco gas pump screen said “Don’t blame us. Blame Joe Biden.”
Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad: Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."
Raphael Warnock stated on April 5, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden: “While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
