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MAGA Senator Makes Jaw-Dropping Claim About Rising Prices
May 1, 2026
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CNNFlorida Sen. Rick Scott has admitted that it is “worth” a spike in gasoline prices thanks to Donald Trump’s war with Iran.Scott, an ally of the president, was questioned on CNN Thursday about rising fuel prices, a problem exacerbated by restricted oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
When confronted by how Floridians are paying an average of 1.24 more per gallon since Trump’s war began, the Republican senator acknowledged the “terrible” spike, but said having increased prices was just the cost of living in a world where Iran wouldn’t be able to drop a nuclear bomb on Americans.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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