WH Claims Americans Saved $420M On Gas As Biden Taps Oil Reserve
View Source | October 19, 2022 1:37 pm
- White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was slammed Tuesday for claiming that Americans have saved $420 million on gas since pump prices hit all-time recorded highs earlier this year — even as President Biden goes to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve well for 15 million more barrels of oil.
- “Every month, the typical two-driver family saves about $120 at the pump compared to where we were in mid-June,” Jean-Pierre told reporters during her regular briefing. “Everyday Americans — Americans saved about $420 million at the pump compared to mid-June.”
- While the price of gasoline has fallen from a nationwide average of $5.01 per gallon on June 14 to $3.85 per gallon as of Wednesday, according to AAA, Americans are still feeling pain at the pump compared to when Biden took office — when the price of a gallon of gas averaged $2.37.
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