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CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports:
In April, President Donald Trump claimed gas prices in “a couple” unspecified states had just fallen to $1.98 per gallon. That wasn’t even close to true. But the next day he said it was “three states” that had just hit $1.98 per gallon, which also wasn’t remotely accurate. Trump used the “three” figure on multiple occasions in subsequent weeks, again with no factual basis. Then, during an immigration-focused visit to Florida on Tuesday, Trump made it five states with supposed sub-$2 gas.
“Gasoline just hit $1.99 today in five states – $1.99, isn’t that a nice sound?” he said, adding moments later, “We just hit, in five states, $1.99, $1.98.” Once more, this was a lie. The lowest state average price on Tuesday for a gallon of regular gas was about $2.71 in Mississippi, according to data published by AAA. The state with the fifth-cheapest Tuesday average, Louisiana, was at about $2.79 per gallon, per the AAA data. And the national average was about $3.18 per gallon, AAA reported.
Read the full article. Months ago Trump was screeching that the price of eggs had dropped an impossible 94%, which FactCheck.org noted would mean an average price at that time of 35 cents per dozen.
Trump: Now, we have no inflation. Gas just hit $1.99 in 5 states. It was up to $4 and going up to 5,6,7. In California, it was $7.70 pic.twitter.com/eGnW4APLns
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