{"id":2819,"date":"2018-07-02T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/02\/memo-gas-prices-which-trump-claims-power-over-reach-4-year-high-for-july-4th\/"},"modified":"2018-07-02T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:36:00","slug":"memo-gas-prices-which-trump-claims-power-over-reach-4-year-high-for-july-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/memo-gas-prices-which-trump-claims-power-over-reach-4-year-high-for-july-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"MEMO: Gas Prices, Which Trump Claims Power Over, Reach 4-Year High For July 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEMORANDUM<\/span><\/p>\n

TO:<\/span> Interested Parties<\/p>\n

FROM:<\/span> DNC War Room<\/p>\n

DATE:<\/span> July 2, 2018<\/p>\n

RE: <\/span>Gas Prices, Which Trump Claims Power Over, Reach 4-Year High For July 4th<\/p>\n

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This July 4th, gas prices will be at their highest level in four years and cost drivers over $1 billion more than last year. Trump claimed to have “<\/span>tremendous power over<\/a>” gas prices, but where is he now?<\/p>\n

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Instead of working to lower gas prices, Trump and Republicans have given massive tax breaks to the rich and big corporations, which they promised would trickle down to working families. Instead, CEOs used their massive corporate tax cuts to <\/span>enrich<\/a> themselves and their wealthy shareholders in record numbers, not their workers.<\/p>\n

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In fact, the extremely limited benefits Trump and Republicans claimed they gave to working families have already been more than offset by soaring gas prices. A <\/span>majority <\/a>of Americans say they have yet to see their paychecks increase as a result of the Trump tax law, yet they are having to pay an average of $65 more every month for gas.<\/p>\n

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While Trump and Republicans continue to help only CEOs and big corporations, Democrats will fight harder than ever to build a brighter economic future for all Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gas prices reach a 4-year high this July 4th.<\/span><\/p>\n

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