JD Vance's Gas Price Comment Is Blowing Up In His Face, And People Are Begging Democrats To Use It In An Ad

Gas station price sign at night showing regular gas at $5.49, plus $5.69, V-Power $5.89, and diesel $6.09

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The Trump administration is seemingly scrambling to downplay it, as Trump recently claimed that high oil prices are a positive. “When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money…” he wrote on Truth Social. Social media post from Donald J. Trump discussing the U.S. as the largest oil producer, concerns about Iran's nuclear weapons, and Middle East stability

Well, J.D. Vance recently spoke at an event attempting to blame high gas prices on Joe Biden, and one specific line is absolutely backfiring: Vice President JD Vance speaks at The Power House

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Here’s the now-viral clip:

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“Here’s the interesting thing: all this conversation happens where Joe Biden left us in a terrible situation,” Vance said. “The reason why gas prices are where they are today is because of Donald Trump’s work… to get them lower, because in the Biden administration, they were crazy high,” Vance said. Man in a suit giving a speech at a podium with U.S. flags in the background So far, people are in the replies like: Tweet by MeidasTouch stating, "The ad writes itself."

Even Gov. Pritzker agreed with Vance: Tweet image with a screenshot of J.D. Vance speaking in Rocky Mount, NC. Caption by JB Pritzker: "Well, yes." @JBPritzker / @Acyn / CSPAN / Via x.com“Wait let him cook,” another person said. Screenshot of a tweet showing a man speaking at a podium. The tweet claims gas prices are linked to Donald Trump's work @ProjectLincoln / @Acyn / CSPAN / Via x.com

“How is he so bad at this?” another person asked. Tweet with screenshot of Vance speaking about gas prices, attributing the issue to Trump's policies, at a public event in Rocky Mount, NC

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JD Vance accidently making campaign ads for Democrats was not on my bingo card. Tweet summarizing criticism of Vance for opposing Trump's actions in Iran while linking gas prices to Trump's policies, with a video clip of his remarks @TheMaineWonk / @Acyn / CSPAN / Via x.comWhat are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below.