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Prince George County, Maryland – Maryland residents said they were shocked by rising gas prices.
“It hurts us ordinary people,” one man, Josh, told Fox News. “We don’t have as much money on t — as gas.”
He called the costs “unprecedented”.
Average price per gallon gasoline reached a record high for the second day in a row on Wednesday, jumping 8 cents to $ 4,252, according to AAA. Biden announced on Tuesday a ban on all imports of Russian oil and natural gas in connection with the Moscow war Ukraine.
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A Maryland The man, Elmer, said he paid $ 3.49 a gallon last week.
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“It’s only been a couple of days, and suddenly it’s almost $ 5,” he told Fox News.
“You can run, but you can’t hide from inflation,” Elmer said. “It makes you don’t want to go.”
Josh talks to Fox News Digital about rising pump prices.
Another man, Malcolm, said: “If it goes up to six or seven dollars, then you say more, is it even possible for you to go to work?”
Glenn, also from Maryland, told Fox News: “We were lucky [Los Angeles]that’s about $ 7 a gallon. ”
A man named William told Fox News that people living from paycheck to paycheck find it hard to afford $ 5 a gallon of gas.
BP gas station in Prince George County, MD
“The prices are incredibly high – too high,” said a man named Site. “Now we are in a gas crisis.”
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BidenIn a speech Tuesday, he acknowledged that a ban on Russian oil would cost the American people, and said the crisis “should motivate us to accelerate the transition to clean energy.”
Miles talks to Fox News Digital about the economy.
A woman named Millie said, “The economy is going badly. I hope it will improve. “
“I hope Biden is doing his job and really trying to help people,” she continued. “Especially during this pandemic, a lot of people are not working now, and people don’t have the money for such gas prices.”
Elmer told Fox News: “I didn’t know we depended on [Russia] for oil. No one told me until it happened. So it’s all a surprise. “
Breck Dumas and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
