Dems Pocket Gas Taxes While Blaming Iran

Blue-state policies, not Middle East chaos, are gouging American drivers at the pump.

Doug Burgum nailed it by calling out Democratic governors and legislators whose sky-high gas taxes and anti-drilling rules keep prices inflated regardless of Strait of Hormuz supply shocks. California under Gavin Newsom slaps on the nation's steepest excise taxes plus boutique fuel mandates that jack costs another 50 cents a gallon, while New York and Illinois follow with their own regulatory chokeholds on refineries. These same Democrats spent years cheering Biden-era pauses on domestic leasing that shrank supply, only to flip and scream about global events once Trump returned and ramped up production. Their "green transition" grift funnels billions into unreliable wind and solar subsidies that do nothing for actual gasoline but everything for donor pockets. Real fundamentals show U.S. output rising under the current administration, yet blue strongholds still treat every barrel like a sin tax opportunity instead of energy security.

Voters in those states pay the difference at the register while their leaders lecture about climate from private jets. The data from the Energy Information Administration confirms state-level differences dwarf any temporary Hormuz premium, exposing the usual "rules for thee" hypocrisy where Democrats weaponize policy against working families but shield their own coastal elites.

Shut your suck hole, Gavin Newsom.

Satire. But you knew that.

Published: 2026-06-13 | This is satirical content.