Fact check: Amid spike, prominent Republicans make false claims about gas prices! House Majority Leader Steve Scalise falsely claimed Thursday that gas prices are much lower now than they were “two years ago,” when, he claimed, they were “$6.” Thursday’s AAA national average, $4.30 per gallon, was actually higher, not lower, than the average two years prior, when it was $3.66 per gallon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth falsely suggested Wednesday that the average gas price in California was $8 per gallon right before the Iran war started. The state average at the time was $4.64 per