Santorum Claim: Gas Prices Caused The 2008 Recession

Oh? So it’s Bush’s fault that prices were so high?

“We went into a recession in 2008 because of gasoline prices,” Santorum told a packed hotel ballroom of supporters. “The bubble burst in housing because people couldn’t pay their mortgages because of $4 a gallon gasoline,” he added.

Santorum accused Obama of advocating for higher gas prices to protect the environment.

“He actually believes this is a good thing for America, I don’t,” he said. “We are not here to serve the earth, but to be stewards of the earth.”

But Obama didn’t become president until 2009.  Furthermore, the recession began in 2007.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.