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Donald Trump
stated on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2026

X posts
stated on May 6, 2026 in a social media post:

“California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2026

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.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2025

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.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022

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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 18, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post:

"Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons."

By Michael Majchrowicz • August 31, 2022

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.”

By Grace Abels • July 28, 2022

Herschel Walker
stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2022

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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 18, 2022

Viral image
stated on June 17, 2022 in a post on Facebook:

An image shows gas prices on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Grace Abels • June 21, 2022

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."

By Bill McCarthy • June 16, 2022

X posts
stated on June 2, 2022 in a tweet:

Biden gave Americans “the cheapest gas prices on Earth.”

By Samantha Putterman • June 6, 2022

Viral image
stated on May 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A Costco gas pump screen said “Don’t blame us. Blame Joe Biden.”

By Samantha Putterman • June 1, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 1, 2022 in a Facebook post:

John D. Rockefeller coined the term “fossil fuel” to trick people into thinking that his product was scarce and drive up the price when fossil fuels are actually “the second most abundant liquid on the planet.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2022

Donald Trump
stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement:

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.”

By Madison Czopek • March 17, 2022

Pam Helming
stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview:

"Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 17, 2022

Stephen Miller
stated on March 13, 2022 in a Fox News show:

Vice President Kamala Harris "was asked about gasoline prices ... and she tried to defer to President Duda, the Polish president."

By Jeff Cercone • March 14, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Two years ago we were “drilling our own oil for $27 a barrel.” Now, thanks to Joe Biden, we’re “paying $105 a barrel to Russia.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration.

By Jeff Cercone • March 9, 2022

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