So, according to McCarthy, gas prices have almost tripled since Biden took office....

[SKKY]

...Gas where I am is about $.54 more per gallon, which is to be expected due to seasonal demands. But, still, far from tripled. Has gas tripled for anyone else, or is this more BS McCarthy is making up?

[Ocelot II]

1. It's up, but it always goes up in the summer. It's nowhere near tripled since January.

[SKKY]

3. In his presser today, McCarthy cited the case of a man in Arkansas...

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...who, last year, paid $35.00 to fill up his truck. This month, it cost him $92.00. I drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and even if I used 87 octane last year, and then used premium now, I still don't get to $92.00. As I suspected, more GOP BS.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. That Seems Fishy

If that guy is using 89 octane, (mid grade) he's buying less than 30 gallons, as their average price for 89 is $3.155/gal.
Gas would have had to $1.06 a gallon last year at this time.
I know it was lower that summer, but I don't believe it was that low.
Also, the last time gas in Arkansas was $4/gallon was when 43 was POTUS. Was that Biden's fault, too?
McCarthy is an idiot & a liar. This isn't a mistake. It took me 60 seconds to find this information.
I think they just made up this story

[ansible]

2. It's almost $5 a gallon in California

It's fucking insane and won't stop going up!

[SouthernCal_Dem]

5. Why not address the issue of McCarthy being a fucking liar?

Gas prices haven't tripled.

It's fucking bullshit.

You're welcome.

[frazzled]

19. If it's tripled, that means you got gas at $1.66/gal before January 20

I don't think so.

[chowder66]

23. It's $3.99 here in Hollywood depending on the gas station you go to.

It's cheaper if you pay with cash.

You can go to gasbuddy.com and look for the cheapest gas in your area.

[obamanut2012]

25. So, gas was about $1.70 a gallon for you in CA on January 19?

[ChubbyStar]

28. Please stay on topic

Thanks!

[leftieNanner]

4. Once Again

Kevin is LYING.

Call me surprised.

[lagomorph777]

6. He must think nobody actually pays attention at the pump.

Probably his gullible base will lap up this latest puddle of verbal diarrhea.

Normal people won't.

[True Blue American]

7. $2.95 here this morning.

I received a .65 cent discount. $2.30

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Hey, there are shortages all across the map, and republicans are harping on this nonstop,

since they don't have any other issues to crow about, that is, zero accomplishments.

The causes of the shortages is multi-fold, the best one being that pent up demand is driving these shortages (makes sense). Also, the marketplace has been slammed w/ labor shortages (people not wanting to work while exposing themselves to the virus, a reasonable precaution).

[Marius25]

9. About $2.95 here in MD

I'm pretty sure it was over $3.00 during a large segment of Trump's term, and was definitely higher under Bush.

$2.95 is higher than it was a few months ago, but really not that surprising with Summer and people starting to travel again.

Then again, there are gas stations price gouging people. Drove to the DC suburbs this week and a Shell station had gas at $3.85, but then the station one block farther down the road was $3.14.

[Walleye]

10. Maybe they should stop buying those big ass gas guzzlers to drive around in by themselves

[Calculating]

11. Gas prices have doubled for me

From around $2 to $4+ now. I'm getting killed here, I'd have to make an extra $1 per hour just to pay for the gas increase. Guess I'd better start saving for that $50k Tesla lol

[ChubbyStar]

29. Where? n/t

[Calculating]

32. Salt lake city

..

[ChubbyStar]

34. Your gas price has not tripled since Biden took office, just FYI as that is the topic

UTAH AVERAGE GAS PRICES
Regular Mid-Grade Premium Diesel
Current Avg. $3.856 $4.032 $4.212 $3.937
Yesterday Avg. $3.839 $4.021 $4.198 $3.917
Week Ago Avg. $3.774 $3.954 $4.131 $3.861
Month Ago Avg. $3.424 $3.601 $3.779 $3.462
Year Ago Avg. $2.277 $2.438 $2.602 $2.238

[RockRaven]

12. Aren't the GQP fuckwits the ones who fetishize free markets? Demand up, price up. Duh.

Even if the threefold thing wasn't a lie, a gas price increase wouldn't prove anything by itself.

Demand for gas was relatively depressed last year because everyone was bunkered down trying to avoid COVID exposure to stay alive, but now with widespread vaccine availability people are resuming their old driving patterns. More driving, more gas demand, price up.

Also Inauguration Day is in the winter. We are now in the summer. Summer blend gasoline is always more expensive. What I'm seeing at the pump is more or less in line with my prior experience.

[SheltieLover]

13. So, in addition to his inability to govern, he's awful at math

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. It hasn't remotely increased that much in my area.

Typical lying from that shitbag.

[marie999]

15. We are paying $2.75 a gallon.

I don't remember gas costing 92 cents in January.

[GoCubsGo]

16. Another asshole who doesn't understand the Law of Supply and Demand.

He also suffers from selective memory, as he's forgotten that gas prices plummeted in the year before Biden took office because his puppeteer massively fucked up his handling of a global pandemic, which caused the whole goddamn country to shut down. Gas was cheap, because nobody was using it. I'm still only tanking up about once every 2 or3 months, rather than monthly. He also forgets to mention that people were fighting over fucking toilet paper, disinfectants, hand sanitizers and wipes, and other household and food staples.

Gas hasn't even close to "tripled" where I live. I don't remember what it was when Biden took office, but it had already gone up substantially from its low point by that time. And, some of the recent increases were due to that pipeline hack, which is the fault of the owners, not Biden. Price never went back down after that, and nobody complained. They're only complaining no, because that's the narrative in Right Wing Land, and they're a bunch of fucking parrots who repeat what they're told, without putting an ounce of thought into it.

[moondust]

17. OPEC

March 2021:
Oil prices surge as OPEC and its allies extend production cuts

I would hope for some relief ahead as...

4 days ago:
OPEC, Allies Agree to Boost Oil Output as Demand Roars Back

[panader0]

20. Yeah gas went up about 20% here.

That's less than 300% right?
I noticed it soon after the Colonial Pipeline hack and the big Texas freeze.
Zip to do with Biden. But McCarthy knows that and has to say it anyway to rile up the cult.

[PortTack]

24. Riling up the shrinking cult indeed. Even if they could do the math, he knows they won't

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. KCMO. We were about $1.89 now $2,75

I don't think that's too bad.

[Midnightwalk]

22. It cost me 3x more to fill up this afternoon than it did this morning

The tank was empty this morning and i topped off with 4 gallons just before.

Gas is up but not nearly 3x. Typical lying Republican.

[BradAllison]

26. The only gas McCarthy knows is coming from both ends.

It's jumped about .75 since February where I am now that everyone is out again.

[Midnight Writer]

27. I wonder what the earnings reports for the oil companies look like?

[Retrograde]

30. When was the last time McCarthy paid for and pumped his own gas?

Or does he have a tax-payer funded car and driver? How much contact does he have with the people in his district and their experiences?

Gas around here is ~$4.50/gal (and I'm in one of the higher priced areas of California), up from about $4 at the beginning of the year. Prices fluctuate a lot, but it's been $4 +/- $1 for a long time now.

[Vinca]

31. I wonder if McCarthy realizes that would make gasoline going for less than $1 a gal. 6 mo. ago.

McCarthy and Gohmert still neck and neck for the dumbest person in Congress (although Marj and Boebert are threatening to overtake them).

[mahatmakanejeeves]

33. Whose idea was it to alert on this post? Sheesh, get a life.

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There's nothing wrong with this.

{edited: "whose," not "who's"}

[SKKY]

35. Someone alerted on my post???

Seriously? On what basis I wonder.

[Bettie]

36. Around here it's about normal for summer

it will go down a little in fall, but no where near triple.

But, McCarthy lies, you can tell when he's lying because his lips are flapping.

[SKKY]

37. Yea, that's true. But even when he's lying, you can sorta read into it...

...and see what the lie is based on. I can't find anywhere in the US where gas has tripled in price from last year. So, yea, typical GOP bullshit to scare old southern white people.