The Republicans blaming President Joe Biden for sky-high gasoline prices are running into a problem: There may not be enough fuel left in that tank to reach November
, despite residents of his state paying an average of $5.70 a gallon, the highest level in the country. Last week, Sen., an Independent from Maine who caucuses with the Democrats, challenged Senate Energy ranking member“Gas prices have gone down 40 cents in the past month,” King asked Barrasso during a committee hearing.
Data from the Energy Department’s independent statistical arm, the Energy Information Administration, shows gasoline demandThe more prices fall before election day, the better Democrats should feel about their chances, said Jake McCook, a Democratic political strategist in New Mexico, a state with a booming oil industry and below-average gasoline prices.
Still, Democrats downplay the issue at their own risk, said Republican political strategist David Kochel. Even if the country isn’t technically in a recession, gasoline prices remain much higher than they did when Biden took office and voters still feel the pinch of inflation eating away at wage gains.
“Biden now claiming $4.32 for a gallon of gas as a victory for American families shows how out of touch he is with reality,”And the politics of the price decrease remains tricky for Democrats, too. John Fetterman, the Democratic Pennsylvania lieutenant governor running for Senate in a state that’s one of the largest producers of natural gas, sent out a news release hours after Klain’s tweet bemoaning the price he and his wife had to pay to fill up their own tanks.
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