The Democratic Party caused the highest energy prices in American history while in power.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked
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- 3 contradict1 support
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- 55%
Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The sources support part of the claim: the record national gasoline price of about $5 a gallon occurred under Biden, a Democratic administration.
What was said
… They don't want transgender mutilation of your children, if that's okay. They don't want men playing in women's sports, little things like that. The last time the radical Democrats had power, they gave us the worst inflation in American history, the highest energy prices in American history, the worst trade deficit in American history, and they allowed 25 million people to pour in illegally into our borders from the southern border. They came from all over the world, turning Arizona into a dumping ground for illegal aliens. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Sources attribute the price spikes to external shocks: Reuters ties the 2026 surge to the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz closure, and Yahoo/EIA ties the 2022 spike to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[1][3]
Contradicts. US Gas Gauge reports that national gas prices rose and fell under presidents of both parties and that the biggest moves line up with global events rather than who held the White House.[4]
Supports. Politifact and Yahoo/EIA data report that gasoline peaked at a record $5 to $5.006 a gallon under Biden, higher than any level under Obama or Trump.[2][3]
Context. Politifact finds that gasoline was above $4 for only about five months of Biden's tenure, and that Trump's current $4.42 price is higher than any day under Obama, so the record is brief and not a sustained pattern.[2]
Context. No source directly tests whether energy prices overall, rather than gasoline alone, reached the highest levels in American history, or whether the Democratic Party caused them.
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1COMMENTARY: How Trump's energy dominance turned into hubrisreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Are gas prices lower now than under Obama, Biden?politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Gas prices under Trump 2.0 are now higher on average than during Biden’s 4 years in officeyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Does the President control gas prices? — US Gas Gaugeusgasgauge.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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