Johnson underscores concern about gas prices as midterms approach

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday reiterated his concerns about high gas prices as the GOP looks to hang on to its slim majority in the lower chamber this November.

Since the war in Iran began in late February, gas prices have skyrocketed, with Tehran effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz. In a Sunday interview with Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” Johnson said the ongoing “economic trouble” facing Americans is “related directly to the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Really, all points lead back to that,” he said, referencing the key waterway. “Gas prices are too high because of that, and then that has an effect on how goods are transported to the grocery store and all the rest.”

The national gas price average, per AAA, is about $4.50 as of Sunday, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have been scrambling for legislative wins as concerns about affordability, including high fuel prices, threaten to become a liability on the campaign trail.

Johnson acknowledged this reality in his Sunday interview on Fox News, arguing that once the Strait of Hormuz is “straightened........

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