{"id":1366766,"date":"2022-03-09T10:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366766"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:41:07","slug":"gas-prices-hit-record-high-for-third-straight-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-hit-record-high-for-third-straight-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas Prices Hit Record High for Third Straight Day"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgas-prices-hit-record-high-for-third-straight-day%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=1366766&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--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The national average price of gas has hit a record high for the third straight day.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rising<\/a>\u00a0nearly 60 cents in one week, the national average price of gas is $4.252,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/03\/07\/national-average-gas-price-breaks-all-time-record-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">up more<\/a>\u00a0than seven cents overnight ($4.173) and\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/03\/07\/national-average-gas-price-breaks-all-time-record-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 cents<\/a>\u00a0in two days ($4.104) \u2013 all record-setting prices.<\/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>Gas prices rose in 2021 and before the Ukrainian war\u00a0about a dollar\u00a0and have subsequently risen during the Ukrainian war about 70 cents.<\/p>\n<p>The average price per gallon one year ago just after former President Donald Trump left office was $2.796.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1501327710047682562?s=20&#038;t=NHXiAaoe5hs9GhZejASwQw\">asked<\/a> Tuesday if anything can be done about the dramatic price increases. \u201cIt\u2019s [gas prices] going to go up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t do much right now. Russia is responsible,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>But members of Congress do not agree with Biden. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) stated gas prices are raging because of Biden\u2019s war on American energy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cRather than turning on American energy production, President Biden is on a groveling tour with every petty dictator in the world, begging for oil,\u201d the senator complained. \u201cMr. President, let the American people get back to work producing American energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1fmj7o5 r-37j5jr r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Democrat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) also argued Biden should not be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/08\/tester-we-shouldnt-be-advancing-iran-venezuela-we-can-create-energy-jobs-here\/\">purchasing<\/a> oil from dictatorial nations and should instead ramp up domestic oil production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1fmj7o5 r-37j5jr r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>\u201cWell, we shouldn\u2019t be advancing other countries that don\u2019t share our values,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/08\/tester-we-shouldnt-be-advancing-iran-venezuela-we-can-create-energy-jobs-here\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cSo, I think that the opportunity here is to do it domestically, create jobs here, deal with it domestically, and also see if we can help Europe out, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican House Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said in a press release that Biden\u2019s \u201cwar on American energy, like canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and placing a moratorium on all new oil and gas drilling, has fueled Vladimir Putin\u2019s barbaric invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no safer and more environmentally sound way to produce energy than in the United States of America,\u201d Scalise added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national average price of gas has hit a record high for the third straight day. 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