Most voters believe the Biden administration has allowed gas prices to rise to force Americans to use less fossil fuels, according to a States Convention Action/Trafalgar Group poll released Friday.
The poll asked, “Do you think the Biden administration has deliberately allowed gas prices to rise to get Americans to use less fossil fuels?” it is asked.
The majority, 53 percent, said yes, believing that the Biden administration deliberately allowed this to happen to force Americans to use less fossil fuels. However, 39.6% do not believe it and 7.4% are not sure.
Opinions were divided along party lines. More than three-quarters of Republicans, 77.3% and 56.5% of independents believe the Biden administration has deliberately allowed gas prices to rise for this purpose. Most Democrats, 68.7 percent, disagree and do not believe the administration is doing it.
In the general election on 25-29 May 2022, 1,091 possible voters were voted with +/- 2.9 percent margin of error. It came after gas prices hit another record on Friday, jumping to $4,986 overnight, according to AAA. This reflects an increase of 22 cents last week and an increase of 61 cents last month.
The Biden administration has always denied responsibility for the continued price hikes during Biden’s presidency, ignoring that America attacked energy freedom on the first day by abandoning the Keystone pipeline and continued that trend by joining the Paris Climate Agreement. .and I cancel. oil and gas rental. In recent months, Biden has blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, even though prices had soared long before the event.
“This is what your president did when he first took office,” Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) told Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm last month.
“He immediately turned to the Paris climate agreement. Canceled the Keystone Pipeline. He stopped leasing programs to ANWR. Suspends all new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on federal land and waters for 60 days. “It’s all over the country,” he said.
“He ordered federal agencies to remove all support for fossil fuels. It introduced new regulations on oil, gas and methane emissions. It was only in the early days. Are you saying it doesn’t affect our energy supply in any way? ‘ asked Granholm, continuing to deny it.
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Source: Breitbart