“Gas prices during the Obama-Biden administration were $5.49 a gallon.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 30 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
A photo shows real gas prices from May 7, 2012, during the Obama-Biden administration. The $5.49 per gallon price of gas appears to have been cherry-picked from a spike in the price of gas in summer 2012.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 October 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/EzMnG#selection-679.0-698.0
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