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Burgum blames Dems for high gas prices, not Strait of Hormuz turmoil

The Hill
June 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Burgum blames Dems for high gas prices, not Strait of Hormuz turmoil

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shifted blame around rising gas prices amid the Iran war to Democratic state officials on Friday.  “The price of gasoline varies across our whole country largely right now by state policy and state taxes, not by the underlying fundamentals,” Burgum told Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie.  Burgum pointed to several states’ push…

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shifted blame around rising gas prices amid the Iran war to Democratic state officials on Friday.  “The price of gasoline varies across our whole country largely right now by state policy and state taxes, not by the underlying fundamentals,” Burgum told Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie.  Burgum pointed to several states’ push…