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Latest Fact-Checks In Gas Prices

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Sean Hannity
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.”
False
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.
False
November 18, 2021
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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."
False
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.
False
May 13, 2021
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stated on May 11, 2021 a Facebook post
Photos show gas costs nearly $10 in the Carolinas.
False
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.”
False
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.”
False
May 10, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2021 a Facebook post
New Jersey “will be out of gas for a week.”
False
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.
False
March 23, 2021
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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.
False
March 10, 2021
Ryan Zinke
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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 a Capital Public Radio interview
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
False
By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017
Jim Patterson
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.
False
By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016
David Cicilline
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."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
American Energy Alliance
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."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Mike Dovilla
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."
False
By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on "Political Connections"
Says Barack Obama "promised" gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012
Stephen Fincher
Stephen Fincher
stated on December 30, 2011 an interview with the Union City Daily Messenger
"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."
False
By Michael Collins • January 29, 2012
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