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Latest Fact-Checks In Gas Prices

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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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2025
Chris Rose
stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X:
Gasoline prices are “up 63%” under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Anthony Starkey • November 2, 2023
Carol Miller
stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X:
“Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
Half-True
By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023
Erick Erickson
stated on January 27, 2023 in a video:
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023
Ron Johnson
stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022
Jane Timken
stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden’s spending “has sent prices skyrocketing.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers “tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on March 19, 2022 in 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
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”
Half-True
By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2021 in 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
E. Frank Stephenson
stated on August 14, 2015 in a Georgia Public Policy Foundation blog post:
“Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump.”
Half-True
By April Hunt • September 9, 2015
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 in an op-ed in POLITICO:
At the same time gas prices have increased, “the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10…
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2012
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 in a video ad:
“Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska.”
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on March 25, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Wisconsin:
Says Mitt Romney said “we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it’s a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we…
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 28, 2012
Wisconsin Corn Growers Association
stated on May 27, 2011 in a radio ad:
“Without ethanol, gas prices would be at least 15% higher. With gas at four bucks, that means you’re saving 12 bucks on a 20 gallon…
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • May 29, 2011
Michael Williams
stated on April 26, 2011 in a tweet.:
“Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office.”
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 22, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
“Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of…
Half-True
By James McCarty • March 24, 2011
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 in a Twitter post:
“Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent.”
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011