Gas Prices Scorecard true 0% 5 Checks mostly true 0% 15 Checks half true 0% 19 Checks mostly false 0% 27 Checks false 0% 39 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 7 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Gas Prices stated on May 25, 2025 an X post “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.” By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2025 stated on May 18, 2025 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump." By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 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 Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 a speech in North Carolina “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2024 Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 a rally in Coralville, Iowa “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2023 Chris Rose stated on October 23, 2023 a post on X Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden. By Anthony Starkey • November 2, 2023 Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 a post on X “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.” By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023 Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 an interview with Sean Hannity “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023 Erick Erickson stated on January 27, 2023 a video “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.” By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023 Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 a tweet “Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.” By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023 Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 a speech in Bay City, Mich. “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 Blog post “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.” By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022 Joe Biden stated on October 27, 2022 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 an Instagram post Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.” October 18, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 TV ad Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.” By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022 Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 a campaign ad “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.” By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 Twitter "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. " By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022 Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 Instagram post "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons." August 31, 2022 Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 6, 2022 TV ad “Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.” By Madeline Heim • August 5, 2022 Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 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 Load More Latest Articles Verificamos lo que dijo Trump sobre la inversión de empresas petroleras de EEUU en Venezuela By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2026 Fact-checking Donald Trump on promised U.S. oil company investment in Venezuela By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2026 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on the economy in insult-laden Pennsylvania speech By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2025 Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes By Ella Moore, Madison Czopek • June 23, 2025 Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes • November 16, 2022 Gasoline prices: Where they stand now, and why By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2022 Why is the US selling stockpiled oil to China? 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By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2021 Facebook post laments Biden’s first actions with false claims By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2021 Latest promises about Gas Prices Donald Trump Reduce the cost of gasoline below $2 a gallon Prices at the pump are down, but not to $2 a gallon | January 20, 2026 Barack Obama Require drilling on current oil and gas leases Early proposals disappeared and never resurfaced | December 5, 2016 Barack Obama Expedite oil and gas drilling from domestic shale formations Supporters, critics of drilling both find data to support their case | December 20, 2012 Latest promises about Gas Prices
