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Why I Told President Trump to Attack Iran - Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 27:21

And I also would point out that even with the spike we've seen, the price of gasoline is still significantly lower today than it was under Joe Biden. And so we saw Under the Trump administration and Republican Congress, the price of gasoline basically cut in half. And then we've seen about half of that go back up again during this conflict. I think the conflict will be short lived and I think you'll see prices fall when that happens. (27:21–27:26)

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Asserts that gasoline prices were halved during the Trump administration and Republican Congress.

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