Trump has used that description several times, so that means there is proof. He didn't just make it up.
FOX9 Minneapolis: Approximately 7,000 without power in metro area. Current temperature is -24.
I wonder which officials are directly benefiting from this:
"California drivers pay some of the highest gas prices in the country much of that is a federal, state and local tax, but 20 cents per gallon remains a mystery and drivers are starting to ask where that money is going.
A professor at UC Berkeley discovered that amount adds up to more than $18 billion and legislators are now asking the attorney general to disclose where that money is being used for.
"It amounts to three to five billion dollars a year that Californians are paying for gasoline above what we would normally expect to pay," said Severin Borenstein from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business."
nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Mystery-Surcharge-at-the-Pump-Prompts-California-Drivers-to-Ask-Where-Their-Money-is-Going-505054991.html