‘Never Forget Jan. 6’ Gas Price Photos Date from Obama Era

Posted on AllSides June 17th, 2022
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Social media posts with pictures of gas prices and captions urging people to “Never forget January 6th” accurately documented the cost of fuel on the day of the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

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The gas prices pictured in two different shared pictures did not reflect the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline on Jan. 6, 2021. Further, reverse image searches found that both photographs were taken while former U.S. President Barack Obama was in his second term in the White House.

On June 12, 2022, the Cullman Daily Facebook page, which...

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