This Memorial Day weekend, nearly 34 million Americans are expected to travel from home by car, according to AAA. Just weeks after the Colonial Pipeline went offline following a cyberattack, many drivers are wondering how the brief shutdown and subsequent panic-buying will impact this year’s holiday weekend gas prices in comparison to previous years.
In addition, several Republican lawmakers, like House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, recently made claims that President Joe Biden is responsible for higher gas prices throughout the country.
When asked if President Joe Biden is responsible for the higher gas prices across the country during this Memorial Day weekend, Jeanette McGee, AAA’s director of external communications, told VERIFY that the American Automobile Association is often asked how presidents and their decisions in office can impact gas prices.
“The bottom line is gas prices fluctuate no matter who's in the White House,” said McGee. “If you look at the past 16 years, prices were up and down no matter who was there.”
A graph from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that retail gas prices have fluctuated from 1994 to 2020, no matter who was in office.
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