{"id":1420499,"date":"2022-04-05T16:14:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T20:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420499"},"modified":"2022-04-05T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T20:15:01","slug":"fact-check-did-kamala-harris-say-gas-prices-are-high-due-to-gas-prices-not-being-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-say-gas-prices-are-high-due-to-gas-prices-not-being-low\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Kamala Harris Say, \u2018Gas Prices Are High Due To Gas Prices Not Being Low\u2019?"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-kamala-harris-say-gas-prices-are-high-due-to-gas-prices-not-being-low%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=1420499&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>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wes.mosteller.79\/posts\/10224664849787104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Vice President Kamala Harris said, \u201cGas prices are high due to gas prices not being low as before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Harris made this remark.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gas prices in the U.S. increased to record highs in March, with regular unleaded gas reaching a national average of $4.33 per gallon on Mar. 11, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the American Automobile Association<\/a> (AAA). A year ago the national average price per gallon was under $3, the AAA reports.<\/p>\n<p>Some social media users are sharing an alleged statement from Harris on the situation. \u201cGas prices are high due to gas prices not being low as before,\u201d reads the alleged quote from Harris. \u201cTo get back to lower prices we have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Harris made this statement. The quote cannot be found in the White House\u2019s official archive of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speeches and Remarks<\/a>\u201d nor in its archive of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statements and Releases<\/a>.\u201d There is likewise no evidence of Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/search?q=gas%20prices%20(from%3Akamalaharris)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeting<\/a> such a quote and nothing resembling it appears on <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/VP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politiwoops<\/a>, a website that tracks tweets deleted by public officials. There are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Gas+prices+are+high+due+to+gas+prices+not+being+low+as+before.+To+get+back+to+lower+prices+we+have+to+acknowledge+gas+is+high+which+is+the+opposite+of+low+Kamala+Harris&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Gas+prices+are+high+due+to+gas+prices+not+being+low+as+before.+To+get+back+to+lower+prices+we+have+to+acknowledge+gas+is+high+which+is+the+opposite+of+low+Kamala+Harris&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.3279j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> about Harris making such a remark.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was recently asked about rising gas prices during a diplomatic visit to Romania Mar. 11, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/kamala-harris-gas-prices-democracy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Harris replied that the high costs were worth paying in order to penalize Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and noted that \u201cThere is a price to pay for democracy,\u201d the outlet reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/09\/23\/fact-check-kamala-harris-military-soulless-cowards-budget-cut-facebook-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Kamala Harris Say, \u2018Our Military Are Soulless Cowards\u2019?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a fake quote has been misattributed to the vice president. In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/08\/19\/fact-check-kamala-harris-joe-biden-trash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> debunked a claim that alleged she called President Joe Biden \u201ctrash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to the White House for comment and will update this piece if a response is given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims Vice President Kamala Harris said, \u201cGas prices are high due to gas prices not being low as before.\u201dVerdict: False There is no evidence Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1420499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}