2026-04-30T19:38:54.552Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：丹尼尔·戴尔
21分钟前
发布于2026年4月30日，美国东部时间下午3:38
共和党正面临由唐纳德·特朗普总统对伊朗发动的战争引发的汽油价格飙升带来的政治风险。过去两天里，多位知名共和党人就汽油价格发表了一系列虚假言论。
参议院共和党竞选委员会主席蒂姆·斯科特参议员周四 falsely 声称“汽油价格持续下跌”——但根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，过去一天、一周、一个月乃至一年来，美国全国以及他的家乡南卡罗来纳州的平均汽油价格实际上都在上涨。
国防部长皮特·赫格斯周三 falsely 暗示，伊朗战争于2月底爆发前，加州的平均汽油价格为每加仑8美元。而根据AAA的数据，当时该州的平均油价实际为每加仑4.64美元。
众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯周四 falsely 声称，如今的汽油价格远低于“两年前”的水平，他称当时油价为“每加仑6美元”。但周四美国全国平均油价为每加仑4.30美元，实际上高于两年前的平均水平——当时的均价为每加仑3.66美元。
以下是更详细的事实核查内容。
斯科特谈当前汽油价格
在周四接受福克斯商业频道采访时，斯科特表示：“事实是，所有环节都在正常运转。这是好消息。你甚至能从我们所处的环境中感受到情况正在好转。汽油价格持续下跌，这意味着你的杂货开支也会略有下降。”
但汽油价格并未“持续下跌”。GasBuddy公司石油分析主管帕特里克·德哈恩在社交媒体上以质疑的口吻回应斯科特的言论：“哈哈，什么？所有州的油价都涨了。”
根据AAA的数据，周四美国普通汽油全国均价为每加仑4.30美元，较前一日上涨7美分，较一周前上涨27美分，较一个月前上涨31美分，较一年前上涨1.12美元，较2月底伊朗战争爆发当日上涨1.32美元。
在南卡罗来纳州，周四普通汽油的州均价略低于3.90美元，较前一日上涨约1美分，较一周前上涨24美分，较一个月前上涨25美分，较一年前上涨1.07美元，较战争爆发当日上涨1.23美元，根据AAA的数据。
汽油价格波动较大，不同加油站的价格可能存在差异，全球市场油价在隔夜上涨后于周四早盘回落（尽管这并不意味着美国司机的加油成本会迅速下降）。但斯科特所称的汽油价格持续下跌的说法完全不符合事实。
赫格斯谈战争爆发时的汽油价格
在周三的国会听证会上，新罕布什尔州的民主党众议员玛吉·古德兰询问赫格斯，是否知道2月28日——美国和以色列对伊朗开战当日——美国全国普通汽油的平均价格。
赫格斯回应称：“这取决于你住在哪里。如果你住在加州，那就是8美元。”
这一说法不实。根据AAA的数据，2月28日加州普通汽油的平均价格远未达到每加仑8美元，实际为每加仑4.64美元，远低于周三该州5.98美元的均价。
尽管2月28日加州确实有部分加油站的油价达到或超过每加仑8美元，但数量极少——GasBuddy在该州追踪的约10500座加油站中，“不足5座”，德哈恩在邮件中表示。他称这些加油站是“一贯售价极高的惯犯”。
根据AAA的数据，2月28日的全国平均油价为每加仑2.98美元；古德兰在对话中错误地告诉赫格斯，当时的均价为“2.83美元”。（在被要求置评时，古德兰的发言人表示，古德兰当时试图引用NBC新闻周三早间发布的一张图表，该图表显示1月初的全国平均油价为2.83美元，而非2月底。“她的观点是，从战争爆发前到现在，汽油价格已经上涨，”发言人说道。）古德兰正确地指出，根据AAA的数据，周三的全国平均油价已上涨至每加仑4.23美元。
斯卡利斯谈两年前的汽油价格
在周四接受CNBC采访时，主持人询问史蒂夫·斯卡利斯，共和党是否有机会在2026年中期选举中重新赢得众议院多数席位。斯卡利斯称共和党已为民众做了实事，并补充道：“民众会记得——回到两年前，我们当时每加仑汽油要付近6美元。而现在价格在3美元区间。显然，伊朗冲突导致油价上涨，但仍然……”
“我们什么时候付过6美元一加仑的油钱？”CNBC主持人乔·克南插话道，这段对话被自由派记者亚伦·鲁帕尔在社交媒体上转发。斯卡利斯声称：“两年——两年半以前。”克南回应称：“那不是平均价格。”但斯卡利斯稍后又断言：“我们现在的油价比两年前低了30%以上。”
实际上，根据AAA的数据，正好两年前的4月30日，也就是2024年的当天，全国平均汽油价格为每加仑3.66美元——低于周四的4.30美元均价，而非更高。即便追溯到“两年半以前”，也就是2023年秋季，斯卡利斯的说法也不成立。在今年伊朗战争爆发前，自2022年夏季以来，全国平均油价一直低于每加仑4美元。
在被要求置评时，斯卡利斯的发言人周四表示，斯卡利斯当时“指的是2022年，当时汽油价格飙升至历史新高”，加州的州均价达到了每加仑6.44美元的纪录，华盛顿州部分地区的油价也超过了每加仑6美元。
但显然，2022年是四年前，而非两年或两年半以前。而且斯卡利斯的表述听起来像是在谈论全国整体情况，而非少数特定地区。美国全国平均油价从未达到过每加仑6美元；历史峰值是2022年6月的每加仑5.02美元，当时正值俄罗斯年初入侵乌克兰之后。
斯卡利斯所称的“现在价格在3美元区间”的说法，相比他的其他言论稍微站得住脚一点。根据AAA的数据，包括斯卡利斯的家乡路易斯安那州在内的16个州，周四的州平均汽油价格低于每加仑4美元。但另有34个州和哥伦比亚特区的平均油价高于每加仑4美元；而全国平均油价为4.30美元。
Fact check: Amid spike, prominent Republicans make false claims about gas prices
2026-04-30T19:38:54.552Z / CNN
By Daniel Dale
21 min ago
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2026, 3:38 PM ET
A person fills up their vehicle at a gas station in Brooklyn on April 21.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Republicans face political risk from the spike in gasoline prices caused by the war President Donald Trump launched against Iran. Over the last two days, prominent Republicans have made a series of false claims about gas prices.
Sen. Tim Scott, chair of Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, falsely claimed Thursday that “gas prices continue to come down” – even though average gas prices in the US as a whole and in his home state of South Carolina had actually gone up over the last day, week, month and year, according to AAA data.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth falsely suggested Wednesday that the average gas price in California was $8 per gallon right before the Iran war started in late February. The state average at the time was actually $4.64 per gallon, according to AAA.
And 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.
Here is a more detailed fact check.
Scott on current gas prices
In a Thursday interview on Fox Business, Scott said, “The fact of the matter is that all of the cylinders are kicking. It is good news. You can even feel in our environment how good things are getting. Gas prices continue to come down, which means that your groceries will come down a little bit as well.”
But gas prices do not “continue to come down,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at the firm GasBuddy, responded to Scott’s comments with an incredulous social media post: “LOL WHAT? EVERY SINGLE STATE IS HIGHER.”
On Thursday, the national average for a gallon of regular gas, $4.30, was up 7 cents from a day prior, up 27 cents from a week prior, up 31 cents from a month prior, up $1.12 from a year prior, and up $1.32 from the day the Iran war began at the end of February, according to AAA.
In South Carolina, the Thursday state average for a gallon of regular gas, just under $3.90, was up about 1 cent from the day prior, up 24 cents from a week prior, up 25 cents from a month prior, up $1.07 from a year prior, and up $1.23 from the day the war began, per AAA data.
Gas prices are volatile, they can vary from station to station, and oil prices on global markets fell Thursday morning after rising overnight (though that certainly doesn’t mean the gas prices paid by US drivers will quickly fall). But Scott’s suggestion that there was some ongoing decline in gas prices was just not true.
Hegseth on gas prices when the war began
At a congressional hearing Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire asked Hegseth if he knew what the national average price for a gallon of gas was on February 28, the day the US and Israel began the war with Iran.
Hegseth replied, “Well, it depends on where you live. If you live in California, it’s 8 bucks.”
False. The California average for regular gas wasn’t anywhere close to $8 per gallon on February 28. It was $4.64 per gallon, according to AAA. That was far below the state’s $5.98 average on Wednesday.
And while there were some California stations at $8 per gallon or more on February 28, the number was tiny – “less than 5” of the approximately 10,500 stations GasBuddy tracks in the state, De Haan said in an email. De Haan said these stations were the “usual suspects” that “always” have exceptionally high prices.
The national average on February 28 was $2.98, per AAA data; Goodlander wrongly told Hegseth during their exchange that it was “$2.83.” (Asked for comment, a spokesperson said Goodlander had been trying to cite a chart published by NBC News Wednesday morning that showed the national average was $2.83 at the beginning of January, not $2.83 at the end of February; “her point is that gas prices have increased from before the war to now,” the spokesperson said.) Goodlander correctly said the national average had gone up to $4.23 on Wednesday, per AAA data.
Scalise on gas prices two years ago
In a Thursday interview on CNBC, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was asked if he thought there was any way Republicans would win the House again in the 2026 midterms. Scalise said that Republicans have delivered for the public – and added, “People will remember – you go back two years ago, we were paying almost $6 a gallon for gasoline. Right now it’s in the $3s. Obviously we’ve seen a jump with the Iran conflict, but it’s still…”
“When were we paying $6?” CNBC host Joe Kernen interjected in an exchange highlighted on social media by liberal journalist Aaron Rupar. Scalise claimed, “Two – two-and-a-half years ago.” Kernen responded, “That wasn’t the average price.” But Scalise asserted moments later, “We’re over 30% below where we were just two years ago.”
In reality, the national average gas price exactly two years ago Thursday, on April 30, 2024, was $3.66 per gallon, per AAA data – lower, not higher, than Thursday’s average of $4.30 per gallon. Going back to “two-and-a-half years ago,” so to the fall of 2023, doesn’t make Scalise’s claim true, either. Until the Iran war this year, the national average had been below $4 since the summer of 2022.
Asked for comment, a Scalise spokesperson said Thursday that Scalise had been “referring to 2022, when gas prices surged to record highs,” California’s state average hit a record $6.44 per gallon and prices also exceeded $6 in “parts of Washington” state.
But, obviously, 2022 was four years ago, not two or two-and-a-half years ago. And Scalise made it sound like he was talking about the country as a whole, not a small number of specific places. The national average has never hit $6 per gallon; the all-time peak was $5.02 per gallon in June 2022, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier that year.
Scalise’s claim that “right now it’s in the $3s” is on somewhat more solid ground than his other remarks. Sixteen states, including Scalise’s home state of Louisiana, had a Thursday state average gas price below $4 per gallon, per AAA. But that left 34 states and the District of Columbia with an average above $4 per gallon; again, the national average was $4.30.
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