“In West Virginia, a gallon of gas is nearly one dollar more than it was a year ago, and we’re paying about 30 cents more for a gallon of milk than we did at this time last year.”
What PolitiFact found
Various sources show that there was nearly a $1 increase in the price of a gallon of gasoline over the past year. Milk prices rose, but by less than 30 cents. The actual increase was about 18 cents a gallon.
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In short
Shelley Moore Capito (U.S. Sen., R-W.Va.) made this claim around 12 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 October 2021, 54 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Shelley Moore Capito has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- theintelligencer.nethttps://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/local-columns/2021/08/sen-shelley-capito-spendin…
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