The Democratic Party voted in favor of policies that resulted in the highest energy costs in American history.
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The sources document rising energy costs and some record-high gasoline prices in 2022, but none establishes that Democratic votes produced the highest energy costs in American history. PolitiFact (2022) found that green energy policies did not cause the record gas prices, which cuts against the causal attribution, but the claim's sweeping partisan superlative is not tested directly by the sources.
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… Who the hell can vote for these people? But they voted against voter identification, commonly known as voter ID, and they voted against proof of citizenship. They voted against securing your border. They don't want, they want to have open borders, and they voted in favor of the worst inflation and the highest energy costs in American history. They voted in favor of transgender mutilation of your children, and in favor of men playing in women's sports. You saw the weightlifting thing. I tell you, my wife is going crazy with me. She hates, she said, "You're President of the United States. …
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Contradicts. PolitiFact found that green energy policies did not cause the record gasoline prices of 2022, which were linked to the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, undermining a causal link between Democratic energy policy and record costs.[1]
Context. Energy costs and inflation have risen in recent periods, and several sources report elevated energy prices, but none states that current or past energy costs are the highest in American history.[2][3][9]
Context. Republican-sourced documents attribute high energy prices to Democratic or Biden-era policies and report record 2022 gas prices, but these are partisan and do not establish a vote-level causal link.[3][4][5][6]
Context. No source addresses how Democrats in Congress voted on the energy policies in question, so the claimed vote-to-outcome link is not graded by the sources.[7][8]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 6 primary, 1 tier 1
- 1Green energy policies didn't cause record prices at gas pumppolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2COMMENTARY: A guide to swing-state energy politics ahead of US midtermsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Democrats Stand By As Energy Costs Surgerpc.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5democrats' war on domestic energy production and its impactoversight.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6Democrats Blocking American Energy, Raising Prices, and Draining our Emergency Reserve - Republican Leaderrepublicanleader.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 7Chairman Guthrie Op-Ed: Democrats are Trying and ...energycommerce.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 8Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The 'Affordability ...mikejohnson.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 9Concerning economic data deals a blow to Republicans ahead of ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
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