Phil Mickelson slams California gas prices exceeding $5 per gallon
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Golf legend Phil Mickelson spoke out about the price of gas in California, praising California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton for his plan to produce gas directly in the state to lower prices.
Mickelson’s views were shared in a series of social media posts on Wednesday.
In one post, the golfer reshared a photo showing prices exceeding $5 per gallon at a gas station in California.
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Phil Mickelson ponders a question during a press conference at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, ahead of the U.S. Open golf tournament on Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
“This is sad and it will get worse,” Mickelson wrote.
In a subsequent post, Mickelson reposted Hilton’s interview on Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line”; here, the candidate shared his support for the White House’s plan to drill for offshore oil off the coast of California. Hilton said his plan and goal is to reduce gas prices to $3 per gallon.
“Finally someone who speaks common sense,” Mickelson wrote.
Earlier this year, an analysis by University of Southern California professor Michael Mische suggested that Californians could pay as much as $8.43 per gallon of gas next year due to planned closures of two refineries in the state.
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Phil Mickelson watches his 11th tee shot during the first round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
“Any disruption in oil and foreign gasoline supplies will worsen California’s gasoline dilemma and increase prices. Any disruption in maritime markets, routes, ports, operations, etc. will have a significant impact on California gasoline safety and consumer prices, as well as prices in Nevada and Arizona,” Mische wrote in May.
Meanwhile, Valero Energy Corp. announced that it will close its Benicia refinery in the near future. SanFrancisco By April 2026, it had put more than 400 jobs at risk and potentially caused prices to rise even further.
Hilton, one of the GOP’s top candidates for governor in 2026, has made addressing gas prices a key campaign promise.
“Despite our state’s abundant oil reserves, Californians are being forced to pay the nation’s highest gas prices (currently around $5.00 per gallon) due to Democrats’ ‘climate’ policies.” HawaiiIn the middle of the Pacific Ocean,” Hilton wrote in an op-ed published on Fox News Digital in June.
“California’s sky-high gas prices are the direct result of 15 years of one-party Democratic rule. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and all the leading Democrats in the state have become cheerleaders for this ‘war on fossil fuels,’ boasting endlessly that they are ‘leading the world’ on climate change.”
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Meanwhile, Mickelson has been active on social media this year to raise awareness of various socio-political problems caused by left-wing policies and lawmakers, while praising conservatives like President Donald Trump, the late Charlie Kirk, and now Hilton.
Mickelson is a former California resident who was born in San Diego but moved to Florida to avoid paying California’s high taxes.
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