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Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2022 in an image:
A Twitter employee was laid off after receiving a meme.
By Andy Nguyen• November 8, 2022
Tom Wolf stated on February 09, 2016 in his budget proposal address:
If the General Assembly does not address the state's structural deficit, "more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools."
By Anna Orso• February 12, 2016
Elizabeth Warren stated on June 05, 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%."
By Caleb McCullough• June 12, 2026
Mitt Romney stated on August 30, 2012 in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Under the "Obama economy ... utility bills are higher."
By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2012
Ted Cruz stated on June 04, 2022 in a tweet:
"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."
By Nusaiba Mizan• June 21, 2022
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.”
By Andy Nguyen• February 14, 2023
Barack Obama stated on March 12, 2016 in remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception:
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 12, 2016
Richard Paglia stated on November 01, 2015 in a TV interview:
"We already pay the highest electricity prices in the country here in New England."  
By Mark Reynolds• November 12, 2015
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter stated on July 01, 2013 in an email:
Electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.
By Eric Stirgus• July 10, 2013
Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate:
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
By Steve Contorno• October 21, 2014
John Cox stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview:
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2017
Ted Strickland stated on July 06, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"Ohio’s electricity rates are 10 percent below the national average."
By Reginald Fields• July 27, 2010
Debbie Lesko stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet:
Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”
By Haley Tenore• October 19, 2022
Tom O'Mara stated on January 20, 2026 in an op-ed:
“New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”
By Brooke Johnpier• February 13, 2026
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.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2025
Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
By Louis Jacobson• May 20, 2025
John McCain stated on July 30, 2008 in a television ad:
Obama "says he'll raise taxes on electricity."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 31, 2008
Donald Trump stated on October 06, 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.”
By Madeline Heim• November 26, 2024
Ron Johnson stated on March 26, 2013 in a constituent email:
A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policy’s effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could "raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent" by 2030.
By Dave Umhoefer• April 28, 2013
Lisa Blais stated on May 21, 2012 in a radio interview:
"We came out against Deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 3, 2012

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Inaccurate data used to show cost-of-living increases between Trump and Biden presidencies

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Claims abound on California’s ‘highest-in-the-nation’ costs. Not all are factual.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump on inflation rate at State of the Union

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Mailbag: Catching up on reader complaints, comments

By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2012

Low wattage claims

By Bill Adair• June 6, 2012

Image mocks a Tesla recharging with a generator. Here’s what it doesn’t show.

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Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally

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Obama wants federal cars plugged in

By Robert Farley• February 25, 2009

Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2022

No shortage of energy claims -- true and otherwise

By Molly Moorhead• April 12, 2012

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Fact-checking Donald Trump on promised U.S. oil company investment in Venezuela

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Fact-checking Seth Moulton and John Deaton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate

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Scott Walker kept promises to lower taxes, raise college grants; broke pledge to reduce energy costs

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Fact-checking New Jersey’s second gubernatorial debate

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