From PolitiFact Texas/Austin American-Statesman:
During a May press conference, President Joe Biden talked about the United States’ high gasoline prices but didn’t say he planned them.
“Biden ADMITS $5 gas is being done ON PURPOSE!” the text accompanying a video in a July 7 Instagram post says. “This has been his plan all along.”
“And when it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,” Biden says in the clip.
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During a May press conference, President Joe Biden talked about the United States’ high gasoline prices but didn’t say he planned them.
“Biden ADMITS $5 gas is being done ON PURPOSE!” the text accompanying a video in a July 7 Instagram post says. “This has been his plan all along.””And when it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,” Biden says in the clip.This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
The clip is authentic. We found the remarks in which Biden discussed gasoline prices on May 23. He was in Tokyo at the time, participating in a joint press conference with Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida.
“Here’s the situation,” he said. “And when it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over.”
But his subsequent comments make it clear he wasn’t suggesting that it was his plan to have high gas prices, as the post claims.
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