“Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents.”
What PolitiFact found
On a few occasions while president, Trump said — or was reported to have said — that he was open to the idea raising the federal gas tax by 25 cents. But that falls short of him proposing or publicly backing the idea.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Nikki Haley (Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor) made this claim around 17 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 January 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Nikki Haley has 35 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 19 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.