Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Herschel Walker
stated on July 13, 2022 a tweet

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

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2022

Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter

“My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”

By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022

Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter

The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”

By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on July 7, 2022 an Instagram post

“Biden admits $5 gas is being done on purpose” and “this has been his plan all along.”

July 18, 2022

Viral image
stated on June 17, 2022 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 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

Facebook posts
stated on June 3, 2022 Facebook posts

A BP oil executive named Brice Cromwell blamed the Biden administration for high gas prices.

By Gabrielle Settles • June 7, 2022

X posts
stated on June 2, 2022 a tweet

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

By Samantha Putterman • June 6, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on May 30, 2022 a Facebook post

Speedway is offering $500 fuel cards for $1.95 to help customers with rising fuel costs.

By Samantha Putterman • June 2, 2022

Viral image
stated on May 27, 2022 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 9, 2022 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.”

By Sara Swann • May 6, 2022

Jane Timken
stated on April 13, 2022 a campaign ad

Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."

By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022

Raphael Warnock
stated on April 5, 2022 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.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2022

Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 Twitter

If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.

By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 a post

Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine.

By Monique Curet • April 18, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 1, 2022 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

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 TV ad

Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."

By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022

Donald Trump
stated on March 31, 2022 a public statement

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

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022

Joni Ernst
stated on March 19, 2022 an email newsletter

“Gas prices have been going up since the president’s first day in office, starting with his move to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline.”

March 30, 2022

Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 Twitter

Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”

By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022

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