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Search results for "Gasoline prices in the United States hit their highest level in four years on Tuesday"

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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.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 28, 2025
Donald Trump stated on December 08, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.
By PolitiFact Staff • December 8, 2021
Newt Gingrich stated on March 11, 2012 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Obama's secretary of energy, Dr. Steven Chu, "has said publicly he wants us to pay European levels (for gasoline), and that would be $9 or $10 a gallon."
By Molly Moorhead• March 14, 2012
Erica Smith stated on December 30, 2021 in a tweet:
“Corporate profit margins are at their highest point in 70 years. … They’re overcharging us for gas, medicine, and groceries, and pocketing the difference.”
By Paul Specht• January 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2021 in 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.”
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2021
Joe Biden stated on October 27, 2022 in 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
Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa:
“Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
By Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2023
Ron Paul stated on February 22, 2012 in a debate in Arizona:
"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 23, 2012
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.”
By Michelle Peribanez• October 6, 2023
Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:
U.S. imports 1% of its oil from Russia while “Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years.”
By Andy Nguyen• March 10, 2022
Thom Tillis stated on October 26, 2021 in a tweet:
"Gas in North Carolina increased 14 cents per gallon this past week, the highest in the nation."
By Paul Specht• October 29, 2021
X posts stated on June 02, 2022 in a tweet:
Biden gave Americans “the cheapest gas prices on Earth.”
By Samantha Putterman• June 6, 2022
American Automobile Association stated on April 27, 2020 in a news report:
“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey• May 8, 2020
James Langevin stated on October 09, 2012 in a debate:
"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 16, 2012
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X:
“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
By Jacquie Broush• October 12, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 08, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Gas prices drop an average of $4 across red states.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 19, 2024
Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet:
Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
By Louis Jacobson• July 22, 2022
Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter:
"Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "
By D.L. Davis• September 16, 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.”
By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2021
Michael Williams stated on April 26, 2011 in a tweet.:
"Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 22, 2011

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