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Search results for "Price increases for American consumers in April hit a three-year high"

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Mike Gallagher stated on April 12, 2022 in News release:
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
By Laura Schulte• April 22, 2022
Marco Rubio stated on April 11, 2024 in an interview with Fox News:
“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years."
By Louis Jacobson• April 17, 2024
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.
By Tom Kertscher• May 27, 2021
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
Shelley Moore Capito stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on X:
“#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
By Sophia Bookwood• October 5, 2023
Donald Trump stated on February 09, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:
Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2024
Joe Biden stated on June 04, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine:
“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
By Louis Jacobson• June 6, 2024
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2025 in an exchange with reporters in the White House:
The U.S. currently has “no inflation.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2025
Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
"The cost of an automobile, it's kind of back to what it was before the pandemic."
By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2021
Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 17, 2024
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on March 07, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
By D.L. Davis• April 1, 2022
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
Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his State of the Union:
Last year, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down."
By Shefali Luthra• February 5, 2020
Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2019 in a speech at the White House:
"Drug prices are coming down, first time in 51 years because of my administration."
By Shefali Luthra, Amy Sherman• May 22, 2019
Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011
Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2024
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
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
Tim Scott stated on June 21, 2023 in a Fox News town hall:
“Median income in this country is … $35,000 a year. Because of Joe Biden's inflation, the average monthly expenses have increased by $500, almost.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2023
Abigail Spanberger stated on February 24, 2026 in the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address:
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year.
By Loreben Tuquero, Zoe Weyand• February 25, 2026

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