“Gas prices are skyrocketing because of D.C. bureaucrats' war on American energy production.”
Jaime Herrera Beutler
U.S. Representative. TV ad. Claim dated 15 Jun 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Experts told us the COVID-19 pandemic caused a global supply-demand imbalance that increased the price of crude oil and gasoline, prices that climbed higher after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jaime Herrera Beutler (U.S. Representative) made this claim around 15 June 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 July 2022, 16 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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