The national average price of gas increased to a record high for the fifth consecutive day on Friday.
Increasing two cents overnight, the most expensive average gas price ever recorded is now $4.331, a full 49 cents more than last week and 85 cents more than a month ago, according to AAA.
Friday marks the fifth day of a five-day surge in which gas prices beat record highs not seen since 2008 when Barack Obama was president.
The White House has blamed the record-high gas prices on “Putin’s price hike.”
“It’s going to go up,” Biden noted about gas prices Tuesday. “Can’t do much right now. Russia is responsible,” he claimed.
The White House has also blamed the American oil industry for not producing enough oil to fill the void from the Ukrainian war.
“What additional permits do they need? The leases are there. The permits are there. I don’t think they…
