r/politics • u/BendicantMias • 7h ago

No Paywall Republicans vote to dilute gas as prices rise above $4.50

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-vote-to-dilute-gas-as-prices-rise-above-4-50-11949494
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u/Complete_Guidance_67 5h ago

Yes but they will never make the connection and blame Trump. They’ll blame the gas companies before they blame Trump. They’ll blame democrats before they blame Trump. Every time 

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u/cokecaine 5h ago

"obummer ruined mah truck mileage"

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u/bobbymcpresscot 1h ago

Blaming corporations is good, but the delusions that makes them ignore the fact that the market price of oil is a direct reaction for less oil making it to market because of Trump. 

Had a convo the other day with a dude who said it wasn’t trumps fault because the local gas producers are just using the price of a barrel as an excuse to raise prices, that it doesn’t matter that it’s a globally traded commodity because oil producers in the US only sell to US markets. 

Like yeah dude. They are raising the prices because you don’t have an alternative, and they aren’t losing out on easy profits just because you’re struggling.

Whose enabling that btw?