Fact Check Posts – Page 2

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stated on March 4, 2022 a Facebook post:

Gas cost $9 a gallon in California in early March 2022.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 7, 2022

Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2021 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

By PolitiFact Staff • December 8, 2021

Sean Hannity
stated on December 1, 2021 a TV segment:

"If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.”

By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2021

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stated on November 10, 2021 a Facebook post:

Unleaded gas costs nearly $7 in Lancaster, Calif.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2021 a Facebook post:

"When you can't find gas, remember who executively ordered the Keystone Pipeline to close."

By Andy Nguyen • May 17, 2021

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stated on May 11, 2021 a Facebook post:

Video shows woman filling plastic bags with gas after Colonial Pipeline disruption.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 13, 2021

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stated on May 11, 2021 a Facebook post:

Photos show gas costs nearly $10 in the Carolinas.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 13, 2021

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stated on May 12, 2021 a Facebook post:

Exxon sign says drivers “must show proof of a job for gas purchase.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 13, 2021

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stated on May 10, 2021 a Facebook post:

“Birmingham is officially out of gas and fuel and can’t get anymore.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2021 a Facebook post:

New Jersey “will be out of gas for a week.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2021

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stated on March 20, 2021 a Facebook post:

Gas costs $7.89 at a station in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2021 a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden executive orders caused price increases of 50 cents in gas and 10% in food.

By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2021

Ryan Zinke
stated on February 23, 2018 a panel at the conservative CPAC conference:

"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your pocket … that you wouldn’t have."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018

John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 a Capital Public Radio interview:

Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.

By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017

Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release:

California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.

By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate:

"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."

By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016

David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate:

"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012

American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a television ad:

Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012

Mike Dovilla
stated on March 13, 2012 a letter to the editor:

Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."

By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012

Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on "Political Connections":

Says Barack Obama "promised" gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012

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