“Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
What PolitiFact found
The most recent spike in gas prices has stemmed largely from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. However, gas prices were rising long before the Russian troop buildup around Ukraine became front-page news.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 14 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 March 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/14/remarks-by-president…
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