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Elizabeth Warren stated on June 5, 2026 in an X post “If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%." Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2026 in an X post “The reason (people in Cuba) are forced to survive 22 hours a day without electricity is not due to an oil ‘blockade’ by the US.” Donald Trump stated on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.” Liz Krueger stated on March 5, 2026 in an op-ed Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.” X posts stated on May 6, 2026 in a social media post “California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.” Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2026 in remarks at the White House “We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.” Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.” Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW "Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.” Chris Wright stated on March 12, 2026 in an interview with Fox News The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.” Tom O'Mara stated on January 20, 2026 in an op-ed “New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.” U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.” Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.” Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” U.S. Energy Department stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.” Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.” Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration. Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’” Load more
Elizabeth Warren stated on June 5, 2026 in an X post “If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%."
Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2026 in an X post “The reason (people in Cuba) are forced to survive 22 hours a day without electricity is not due to an oil ‘blockade’ by the US.”
Donald Trump stated on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”
Liz Krueger stated on March 5, 2026 in an op-ed Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
X posts stated on May 6, 2026 in a social media post “California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.”
Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2026 in remarks at the White House “We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.”
Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW "Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Chris Wright stated on March 12, 2026 in an interview with Fox News The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.”
Tom O'Mara stated on January 20, 2026 in an op-ed “New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”
U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
U.S. Energy Department stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”
Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration.
Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
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