“Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
What PolitiFact found
Although some stations are charging $5 to $7 a gallon, about 99.2% of U.S. gas stations are selling gasoline for less than $5 a gallon, GasBuddy.com data shows. Not one is charging $8.
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In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 13 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 December 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yK4_G3TBNU
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