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Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Tuesday defended California’s tax on gasoline, saying that the high prices at the pump were a result of President Donald Trump‘s handling of the Iran war.
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In a post on X, Newsom’s official Press Office compared the per-gallon gas prices across multiple states, sharing that costs were up 72% in Ohio, nearly 70% in Indiana and over 53.3% in Texas.
“Trump started a war with no plan, and everyone’s paying for it,” the post said, adding that other states were paying “so much more” at the pump that the difference between the national average and the average price in California had come down.
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