Dem Rep. Lou Correa to NYT: Orange County voters are furious about gas prices

The New York Times reports Orange County voters are worried about a single issue right now — the cost of gas — and they blame Democrats for the high prices. 

“I’m really unhappy,” Carmen Vega, 47, of Anaheim, said, adding that she voted for Mr. Biden but was now considering backing Republicans in the midterm elections. “The economy sucks right now, everything’s too expensive.”

And as Simona Sabo, 38, of Irvine, waxed nostalgic for Mr. Trump while filling up her S.U.V. — “What I liked was that gas prices weren’t this high” — another woman poked her head around the pump and offered a silent thumbs up before driving away.

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“They’re beyond furious — it’s called desperation,” said Representative Lou Correa, a Democrat from Santa Ana, whose district is considered safely Democratic but neighbors more competitive Orange County seats. “I don’t hear anything about the other national issues we’re focusing on in Washington. The thing I hear about is gasoline. What are you going to do to bring down the gas prices?”

Read more in the New York Times, here. 

NRCC COMMENT: “Californians are paying the highest gas prices in the country because of Democrats’ policies. They know Democrats are to blame and will fire them in November.” —NRCC Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair