John Barrasso: “Democrats like high gas prices because of their radical…”

“They also understand that what the President is doing in an effort to provide stability in that part of the world will have good long term impacts in terms of energy prices. They also understand that Republicans are the party of energy dominance. Democrats like high gas prices because of their radical climate agenda. So people understand what the President's doing, agree with him and know that we need peace and stability and need to protect America long term from the threat of Iran, which has been there and they've been at war with us for 47 years.” (00:53–01:00)

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