Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday is expected to make a presidential pitch on energy policy.
And he’s promising gas at $2 a gallon.
DeSantis previewed his plan in an interview with Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney on Tuesday.
“We want to give people relief at the pump,” the governor said. “Gas is almost $4 a gallon nationally. In 2025, we’re shooting for $2 a gallon, and that means you’ve got to let people do their jobs.”
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According to AAA on Tuesday, the national average price was $3.88 a gallon for regular unleaded.
That’s the highest price this year, and about 20 cents a gallon higher than a year ago, AAA reported.
The average price in Florida is 20 cents a gallon below the national average.
“We need to embrace the resources that we have, both in terms of hydrocarbons but also in terms of having an auto industry that makes sense,” DeSantis continued.
“We’re gonna get rid of the [electric vehicle] mandates so that people can buy the cars they want, and we are gonna do things that are going to benefit us in terms of national security.”
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“[President Joe] Biden’s energy policy benefits China, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela,” said DeSantis.
“We’re going to restore energy dominance. We’re going to be so dominant that all those hostile regimes are going to have a disadvantage, and that’s, I think, what the American people want.”
AAA notes that in mid-September 2020, less than two months before Biden won the election, the national average for regular unleaded was $2.21 a gallon.
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