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Big Oil schools California Rep. Ro Khanna

Rep. Ro Khanna just got schooled.

The California Democrat recently posted on X:

“Trump’s immoral and reckless war in Iran has shot up gas prices in my district to nearly $6 a gallon. Stop the war, stop exporting our crude oil, and pass my windfall profits tax on Big Oil to give Americans a rebate for their gas bills.”

In reply, the US Oil & Gas Association (@US_OGA on X, run by the association’s president) gave Khanna a jovial drubbing:

“Several people have requested we comment on your post. We will quickly before we take Mrs. USOGA out for date night.”

What followed was a methodical takedown of Khanna’s stance on gas prices.

Mr. USOGA has it right:

The reason California’s gas prices are about $2 (or 50%) higher than those in the rest of the nation has little to do with war and much to do with poor policy made by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature.

And Democrats should indeed stand up to Newsom and his climate zealotry, as advised by the Mister.

To lower gas prices in California, legislators should roll back gas taxes, cut regulations, end the “climate” push to shut down California oil refineries, and scrap plans for a counterproductive “windfall profits tax” on........

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