{"id":1105583,"date":"2021-12-10T09:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105583"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:28:34","slug":"white-house-claims-highest-gas-prices-since-2014-are-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-claims-highest-gas-prices-since-2014-are-average\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Claims Highest Gas Prices Since 2014 Are &#039;Average&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-claims-highest-gas-prices-since-2014-are-average%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The White House on Thursday claimed that gas prices in the United States are \u201caverage,\u201d encouraging Americans not to overreact to rising gas prices.<\/p>\n<p>During the White House press briefing, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese unveiled a chart developed by his team, which shows gas prices adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat it shows is that, on average, over the last 10 years \u2014 and, in fact, this is true over the last 20 years \u2014 the average price at the pump for a gallon of gas has been about $3.13 in real terms, inflation-adjusted,\u201d Deese said triumphantly, pointing at his chart.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19081474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1358121215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19081474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1358121215-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese talks to reporters during her daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 09, 2021, in Washington, DC. &nbsp;(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But even Deese\u2019s adjusted chart showed that gas prices were currently the highest since 2014, when Biden was vice president and former President Barack Obama was in office. (Adjusting gas prices for inflation does not take into account the cost of gas compared to a worker\u2019s average wages.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19081506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-2.19.49-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19081506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-2.19.49-PM-1024x533-1.png\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gas prices adjusted for inflation (Whitehouse.gov)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A look at the actual gas prices shows the last time gas was above $3.00 a gallon was in October 2014.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19081522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-7.58.36-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19081522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-7.58.36-AM-1024x383-1.png\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Regular Conventional Gas Price (fred.stlouisfed.org)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The unadjusted federal data is more dramatic, as it shows just how high gas prices are compared to former President Donald Trump\u2019s time in office.<\/p>\n<p>Under Trump, gas prices briefly peaked at $2.87 during the Memorial Day weekend of 2018 and never passed $3.00 a gallon when he was in office.<\/p>\n<p>Deese celebrated that prices had dropped slightly after Biden released 50 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve before Thanksgiving, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/data-graphics\/data-point-bidens-oil-reserve-release-biggest-us-history-rcna6627\">biggest release<\/a> in American history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrices of gas at the gas pump are now down nationally. They\u2019re down about nine cents,\u201d Deese said.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted that gas prices would continue to fall \u201cover the next couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House on Thursday claimed that gas prices in the United States are \u201caverage,\u201d encouraging Americans not to overreact to rising gas prices. 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