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Democrats are powered by high gas prices, forgetting they loved expensive energy

Former Biden officials now decry energy costs after years of pushing climate policies that drove prices past $5 a gallon

By Daniel Turner Fox News

Published May 25, 2026 9:00am EDT

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Nearly four years after the Biden green agenda sent the price of gasoline past the $5 mark, leftists have found their religion on high prices – or so they say.

The Trump administration "needs to stop its crazed policies that cause so much economic pain," declared former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "The American people are paying the price" for "Donald Trump's war of choice in Iran," added former Vice President Kamala Harris.

As America enters a record-breaking summer driving season and with a midterm election looming shortly thereafter, the overheated political rhetoric from opponents of the Trump administration is predictable.

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Sadly, missing from the conversation is the wisdom of the economist Thomas Sowell who observed: "there are no solutions, only trade-offs."

Lawmakers are weighing President Donald Trump’s push to suspend the federal gas tax as fuel prices climb amid the Iran conflict.........

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