A rare moment of honesty from the left: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, a Democrat running for California governor, just admitted what Patriots have been saying for years – his party's war on American energy is bankrupting working families at the gas pump.
During Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's "The 11th Hour," Mahan dropped a truth bomb that must have made his progressive handlers cringe. He confessed that California's "many rules and regulations" and the fact that Democrats "pushed all of our refineries out of state" are directly responsible for the Golden State's sky-high gas prices.
The Cost of Climate Extremism
Finally, a Democrat politician willing to connect the dots between their radical environmental agenda and the pain California families feel every time they fill up their tanks. While President Trump's energy dominance policies are already bringing relief to Americans nationwide, California remains trapped in a green energy fantasy that's crushing the middle class.
"Our many rules and regulations, the fact that we pushed all of our refineries out of state" are driving up gas prices, Mahan admitted on national television.
This isn't rocket science, folks. When you systematically destroy your state's energy infrastructure in the name of climate change, you force families to pay premium prices for basic necessities. California's working families are subsidizing the virtue-signaling of coastal elites who can afford $6-per-gallon gas.
The irony is rich – a state that prides itself on environmental protection is now importing refined gasoline from other states and countries, often with lower environmental standards. They've exported the "pollution" while keeping the economic pain for their own residents.
Trump's Energy Independence vs. Democrat Energy Dependence
While President Trump continues his "Drill, Baby, Drill" agenda to achieve American energy dominance, California Democrats are learning the hard way that you can't regulate your way to prosperity. Mahan's admission should serve as a wake-up call to every American about the real-world consequences of the left's green energy extremism.
How many more Democrat politicians will it take admitting the obvious before California voters finally say enough is enough?