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Democrats Prepare Assault on Trump Over Rising Gas Prices

RUNNING ON EMPTY

It’s an annual tradition. Only this time, the sitting president has insisted that a president has power over the price at the pump.

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Democrats are preparing an aggressive assault on the Trump administration in the coming weeks over the cost of rising gas prices nationally.

The campaign will take place from the halls of Congress to outside the Beltway, with committees and lawmakers painting President Donald Trump as having contributed to people’s pain...

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