'I did that.' Gas pump stickers show political volleying of gas prices
USA TODAY
When Joe Biden was in office, stickers were put on gas pumps that said 'I did that,' in reference to high prices. Now they're back for Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has long touted low gas prices as an improvement of his administration compared to former President Joe Biden's administration.
Now, as of March 20, the average price of a gallon of regular gas is higher than it has been since October 2022, according to AAA. At $3.912, AAA shows the price of gas has risen more than $1 per gallon since the beginning of February. Trump has responded to questions about rising gas prices by saying that eliminating Iranian threats will be worth the temporary rise in gas prices.
But Trump ran on affordability in 2024, and now Democrats have been campaigning on the issue even as Trump has called it a "scam." But Trump has polled poorly on the issue for months now, even before gas prices started rising.
"Gas prices were a real saving grace for Trump in January," Charles Franklin, the director at the Marquette Law School Poll, told USA TODAY in an interview. "The bundling of the pre-existing concern with inflation and the cost of living, and now this one element of that that was a bright spot in January is a very dark spot today."
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