Trump Lies That Gas Prices Are As Much As $8/Gallon

The Huffington Post reports:

Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that gasoline prices are much higher than they truly are. It was a casual lie presented as hard fact that didn’t get much play during his speech at an Iowa rally.

The former president has misrepresented gas prices before to drag President Joe Biden, but Trump’s latest fuel fib merited attention for its mammoth exaggeration.

“Gasoline prices are now 5, 6, 7 and even 8 dollars a gallon,” the former president said. “By contrast, under the Trump leadership, my leadership, inflation was nonexistent and we had gasoline down to $1.87 a gallon.”

Read the full article. He read that off the teleprompter.

Trump: We now have gas prices at 5,6,7, even 8 dollars a gallon pic.twitter.com/TxMeNHTvjd

— Acyn (@Acyn) December 14, 2023

National average gas price, according to the AAA, is $3.12. In Texas it’s $2.59.
As usual, Trump simply makes stuff up. https://t.co/aeZfMpgOmR

— Clyde Haberman (@ClydeHaberman) December 14, 2023