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Mike Erickson: “We got the second highest gas prices on the country besides…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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If the crime problem was not what it was in Oregon, would you even have a chance? Absolutely. I think the people of the state are just fed up with inflation. We got the second highest gas prices on the country besides California. We're fed up with all the skyrocketing costs of living here. So then you compile that with all the criminal, the drug use, the homelessness and all the drug problems … (02:21–02:26)

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Asserts that Oregon has the second highest gas prices in the U.S. after California.

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