[Breitbart] Nine out of the top ten states with the most expensive cost of gas per gallon are led by Democrats, according to a report from the Republican Governors Association (RGA).
"The new data comes just days after 25 Republican governors called on the White House to reverse energy policies that have kneecapped America’s domestic energy production," according to the organization. "Experts say the rising cost of gas is related to the effect Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has on foreign oil supplies the Biden Administration has come to rely on."
The RGA cited data from the American Automobile Association (AAA) on the most expensive average costs of gas per gallon (as of Monday morning):
California ($5.28)
Hawaii (4.69)
Nevada ($4.52)
Oregon ($4.46)
Washington ($4.40)
Illinois ($4.26)
Connecticut ($4.21)
New York ($4.20)
Pennsylvania ($4.17)
In contrast, nine out of the top ten states that have the lowest average cost of gas per gallon (as of Monday morning) are led by Republicans.
Missouri ($3.63)
Oklahoma ($3.65)
Arkansas ($3.69)
South Dakota ($3.70)
Iowa ($3.72)
Texas ($3.73)
Nebraska ($3.73)
North Dakota ($3.73)
Wyoming ($3.74)
"Democrat governors are silent as more than two dozen Republican governors have called on Joe Biden to restore American energy independence and ease the burdens felt by every hard working American family," RGA Communications Director Jesse Hunt said in a statement. "Amid record high inflation, the last thing American families need is even higher costs at the pump due to Democrat incompetence at home and now abroad. Voters are quickly finding out, if they hadn’t already, that life under Democrat control in their states is completely unaffordable." |