Gas Prices

Scorecard

True
0% 5 Checks
Mostly True
0% 15 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 27 Checks
False
0% 39 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 7 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Gas Prices

stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post:
“U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”
Half-True
May 28, 2025
stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
Mostly False
May 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House:
“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
False
April 24, 2025
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina:
“Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2024
Donald Trump
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.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2023
Chris Rose
Chris Rose
stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X:
Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Anthony Starkey • November 2, 2023
Carol Miller
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.”
Half-True
By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023
Erick Erickson
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.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023
Richard Hudson
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.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023
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