Gas prices are high. But is Biden to blame like Grassley claims?

Some congressional Republicans are using rising gas prices to rail against President Joe Biden’s energy agenda.

Among those critics is Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who wrote in a tweet June 3 from his @GrassleyWorks campaign account, “When Iowans pull up to fill up, they’re facing 7-year high #gas prices under the Biden administration’s failing energy prices.” The post was shared from a Casey’s General Store with a photo of Grassley standing outside of a car looking at a gas pump.

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