'You have to finish the history!' Abby Phillip brutally fact-checks GOP pundits on CNN
Source: Raw Story · Bias: Far Left
Summary
CNN's Abby Phillip delivered a brutal fact-check to a pair of GOP pundits during Monday's broadcast of "NewsNight."The panel discussed a recent claim by Energy Secretary Chris Wright that U.S. gas prices could remain above $3 per gallon until 2027 due to the ongoing war in Iran and the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration sent a delegation to negotiate an end to the war last week, led by Vice President JD Vance, but they returned empty-handed. Jason Rantz, a conservative radio host, and Horace Cooper, chairman of Project 21, claimed that Democratic policies instituted under the Biden administration were causing gas prices to go up instead of the war in Iran. Cooper claimed that the prices Americans are paying at the pump today are still lower than what they paid under Biden. "According to the Federal Reserve, on the last day of the Trump administration, the first one, gas was below $2," Cooper said. "And the trajectory continued to spike."Phillip noted that Cooper's argument relied on an incomplete dataset. "Continue to spike, and then it did what?" Phillip asked. "Then it came back down. So, you've got to finish the history! You can't just tell half of the history."
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