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Search results for "Republicans are facing gas-price attacks they once used on Democrats"

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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
Tony Kurtz stated on April 07, 2022 in Twitter:
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.
By D.L. Davis• April 19, 2022
Raphael Warnock stated on April 05, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden:
“While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 20, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.:
Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
By Alex Kuffner• April 29, 2012
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
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
Joe Manchin stated on September 20, 2022 in a tweet:
“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
By Jasper Birmingham Jr, Aiddia Mitchell• October 18, 2022
We Love USA PAC stated on September 24, 2010 in a website:
Ron Klein "sponsored an amendment that specifically allows price gouging."
By Amy Sherman• October 5, 2010
Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
By Laura Schulte• October 6, 2022
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
John Barrasso stated on May 26, 2009 in weekly Senate Republican radio address:
There are billions of barrels of oil beneath our oceans and in Alaska, and there is ample oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West, but Democrats "say all this American energy is off limits."
By Catharine Richert• June 4, 2009
Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
By Kelly Smits• July 21, 2022
Sherrod Brown stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
By Peter Krouse• May 2, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on September 02, 2013 in a CNN interview:
Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."
By Becky Bowers• September 5, 2013
Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter:
Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
By Laura Schulte• August 6, 2021
Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:
“Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 17, 2021
Viral image stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas."
By Bill McCarthy• June 16, 2022
Gary Palmer stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks during a House hearing:
“As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2021
Josh Mandel stated on March 29, 2012 in a news release:
Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio."
By Stephen Koff• April 5, 2012
Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
By Madison Czopek• March 22, 2022

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