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Latest Fact-Checks In Gas Prices

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Joni Ernst
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.”
Half-True
By Eleanor Hildebrandt • March 30, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2022 a Facebook post:
“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • March 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 a Facebook post:
Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 17, 2022
Pam Helming
Pam Helming
stated on March 8, 2022 a radio interview:
"Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 17, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 14, 2022 a speech to the National League of Cities:
“Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2022
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on March 13, 2022 a Fox News show:
Vice President Kamala Harris "was asked about gasoline prices ... and she tried to defer to President Duda, the Polish president."
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2022 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.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 8, 2022 a speech:
The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2022 a Facebook post:
"Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration.
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 9, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 4, 2022 a Facebook post:
Gas cost $9 a gallon in California in early March 2022.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 7, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2021 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.
False
By PolitiFact Staff • December 8, 2021
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
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 10, 2021 a Facebook post:
Unleaded gas costs nearly $7 in Lancaster, Calif.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 26, 2021 a tweet:
"Gas in North Carolina increased 14 cents per gallon this past week, the highest in the nation."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • October 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”
Half-True
By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 12, 2021 an op-ed:
“In West Virginia, a gallon of gas is nearly one dollar more than it was a year ago, and we’re paying about 30 cents more for a gallon of milk than we did at this time last year.”
Mostly True
By Maxwell Ionno, Olivia Murray • October 5, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on July 20, 2021 Twitter:
Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • August 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2021 a Facebook post:
Lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn cost more in April 2021 "in Joe Biden's America" than they did a year earlier.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2021 social media posts:
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021
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