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White House brags as gas prices drop to $4 just days after midterm elections

By Molly Parks
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The White House is pointing to President Donald Trump’s past comments about how gas prices would fall after the midterm elections in an “I told you so” moment as prices hit $4 per gallon.

“President Trump was right – Iran did everything they could to drive up the price of oil before the midterm elections, and now prices are tumbling down,” a White House official said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

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