copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” (Tom Cotton, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Trump’s policies toward Russia and Ukraine during his presidency [...] Ukraine and Ukrainians with ties to Russian intelligence played a major role in the events leading up to Trump’s first impeachment trial in January 2020. On the one hand, the Trump administration ended the Obama administration’s ban on supplying Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons in its ongoing hostilities with Russia in the Donbas region, and supplied Javelin anti-tank weapons to Kyiv. On the other hand, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States would withhold security assistance to Ukraine unless Ukraine provided damaging information on Joe and Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. The leaked contents of this phone call led to Trump’s impeachment. [...] The Biden administration has thrown its full support behind Ukraine. It has to date provided $55.7 billion in security assistance. It has provided $175 billion in economic assistance. There are ongoing debates about what advanced weaponry should be supplied and whether Ukraine can use long-range weapons to strike far into Russian territory. While a significant number of NATO members favor admitting Ukraine into NATO once the war is over, Biden himself has said Ukraine is not ready. The Biden administration’s caution on weapons and NATO membership is driven by a fear of escalation which could ultimately involve the United States in a direct war with Russia. It has repeatedly said that there will be no American boots on the ground in Ukraine.
Claim: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” (Tom Cotton, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2023-07-11): Obama’s Russia policy, including his embrace of the doctrine of Kremlin escalation dominance, has continued to shape U.S. policy during the Trump and Biden administrations. Although Donald Trump behaved badly toward Ukraine by trying to enlist Kyiv in his efforts to weaken presidential rival Joe Biden, he greenlighted the shipment of Javelin anti-tank weapons in 2017 and 2019. Nonetheless, years of fierce debate merely over sending Javelins stifled discussion of other weapons needed by Ukraine, including air and missile defense, battle tanks, fighter jets, and long-range missiles. These could have made Ukraine more secure before 2022, and some of them are still not in Ukraine’s arsenal today. To his credit, Biden advocated arming Ukraine with defensive weapons when he was vice president under Obama. But when he became president himself, Biden brought many of the architects of Obama’s timid approach to Russia back into the government. As a result of their influence, from the moment in the fall of 2021 when the U.S. government knew Putin was planning to invade to the start of the invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the United States lost a crucial window in which to provide Ukraine significant new weapons and the training to use them. Instead of much-needed howitzers, tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems (such as HIMARS), and heavy ordnance, Washington doled out modest assistance enabling not much more than partisan resistance.
Claim: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” (Tom Cotton, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2022-03-27): Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, meanwhile, made a suspect claim that all of Ukraine’s weapons now in use came from the Trump administration. [...] While the Obama administration refused to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons in 2014 to fight Russian-backed separatists, it offered a range of other military and security aid — not just "blankets." The administration’s concern was that providing lethal weapons like Javelin anti-tank missiles might provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin to escalate the conflict in the separatist Donbas area of Ukraine near Russia’s border. [...] PENCE: "The Ukrainian soldiers are using the arms that our administration provided to them, and they were suspended by the Biden administration." — Fox interview.
Claim: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” (Tom Cotton, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2024-09-27): On Ukraine, the Trump Administration promoted a strong deterrent approach by authorizing the first-ever lethal military aid package to Ukraine, equipping its armed forces with advanced Javelin anti-armor missiles, naval vessels, and Mark VI patrol boats. This was a major break from the Obama Administration, which agreed only to provide nonlethal military assistance despite passionate appeals by Ukrainian officials for U.S. arms to fight pro-Russian separatist rebels in the Donbas.[i] President Obama refused to send weapons to Ukraine because he feared it would provoke Putin. President Trump disagreed and sent weapons to Ukraine as a sign of American strength and support for a friendly state. [...] Administration officials credit President Biden with successful leadership that provided Ukraine with the military assistance it needed to push back Russian forces. In their view, Biden helped save Ukraine by uniting and strengthening the NATO alliance. The truth is that NATO members stepped up to help Ukraine because it was in their security interests. It had nothing to do with the Biden Administration’s diplomatic efforts. In many cases, such as when NATO members wanted to send F-16s and MiG fighters to Ukraine, Biden blocked or delayed those weapons. In other cases, European states provided weapons to Ukraine that the United States refused to send. Until October 2023, for example, the United States refused to send Kyiv a crucial long-range missile system, the ATACMS. Prior to that time, Ukraine had to rely on similar missiles from the French and British (SCALPs and Storm Shadows missiles).[viii]
Claim: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” (Tom Cotton, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2022-02-15): President Biden has refused to give such assurance but made clear his willingness to continue discussing questions of strategic stability in Europe. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has made clear it has no intention of implementing the agreement reached in 2015 for reuniting the Donbas provinces into Ukraine with a large degree of local autonomy — an agreement with Russia, France, and Germany that the United States endorsed. [...] Alas, the policies pursued by Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden have all contributed to bringing us to this point. [...] President Biden has made it clear that the United States will not intervene with its own troops if Russia invades Ukraine. So why move them into Eastern Europe? Just to show hawks in Congress that he is standing firm?
Claim: “The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.” (Tom Cotton, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2022-02-27): But Obama’s refusal to provide lethal weaponry had by that point become a Republican talking point, leading then-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to charge in 2015 that the "Ukrainians are being slaughtered and we’re sending blankets and meals." Four years later, Trump would echo that charge, claiming that while his administration had sent "antitank busters" to Ukraine, Obama had provided only "pillows and sheets." But Trump had his own problems with Ukraine, very little of which had to do with protecting it from Russia. Trump first approved the sale of $47 million worth of 210 Javelin missiles and 37 launchers to Ukraine in December 2017. Delivered in April the following year, they were not deployed to the front lines of the still-simmering separatist war. Under the terms of the sale, they were kept boxed in a military storage facility far from the front lines, where they were to serve symbolically as a "strategic deterrent" to Russia.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2020-04-27): According to AAA data, New York was one of 12 states that had unleaded regular gasoline that cost more than $2.00 a gallon on April 27, as long as the District of Columbia is included as a state. All told, among the 50 states and D.C., New York ranked the seventh-highest for unleaded regular prices per gallon.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-02-13): 11. New York’s state average gas price has increased by $1.50 since 2021. With a current average of around $4.30 compared to last year’s $2.90 average, New Yorkers now spend around $1.50 more on gas. The prices of regular gas in New York’s metro areas range from the lowest one in Ithaca is $4.22 to the highest one in White Plains is $4.36. Records show prices have been gradually rising all over the state of New York ever since early January 2022. [...] Other states that enjoyed some of the lowest premium gas prices were Missouri and Mississippi, where residents paid $3.39 and $3.41 per gallon.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-02-17): Average Gas Prices by State [...] Regular Gas Price per Gallon by State [...] Not all states have fixed gas taxes, however – 22 states and Washington, D.C., have variable taxes that grow over time. In California, the place with a high historical gas price by state, the tax varies with inflation. In most states, taxes vary either with the USA average gas prices or inflation. Other states with variable gas tax include Florida, Hawaii, Georgia, New York, and New Jersey.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-04-25): At the time of writing, the national average price of regular gas is $3.62 per gallon, $0.02 higher than this time last year. Drivers who use premium gas are paying $0.07 more this year than last year at $4.42 per gallon. While Americans are currently paying about 15 percent less for gas than in 2022, prices are expected to climb higher throughout 2024. Numerous factors impact the price drivers pay at the pump, including the cost of crude oil, taxes, distribution and refining. Gas prices also depend on the ZIP code you fill up in, with states in the West paying the highest gas prices on average and Southeastern states paying the lowest. [...] - The current national gas price average is $3.62 per gallon. [...] Nationally, the highest average cost of gas was in June 2022 at $5.06 per gallon. While states like California may see gas above $5.00 a gallon on a fairly regular basis, that is not true for most other states.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-03-06): There are still some portions of the country where $4 a gallon gas is still rare. The large swath of central states, from North Dakota south to Texas, have averages no higher than $3.71 a gallon. [...] There are now 18 states, plus Washington DC, where the price is $4 or greater. All of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, as well as the West Coast, Nevada, Arizona, Illinois, Alaska and Hawaii have statewide averages at or above $4. And three additional states, Florida, Michigan and Indiana, are less than half-a-cent away from the $4 mark. [...] The average price one year ago was $2.76 a gallon, as the market was still recovering from the plunge that occurred early in the pandemic and stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns slashed demand for gasoline.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-06-06): Gas prices were already expected to breach the $4 a gallon mark for the first time since 2008, with or without shots fired in Eastern Europe or economic sanctions imposed on Russia. [...] More than one out of every five gas stations nationwide is now charging more than $5 a gallon for regular, and just more than half are charging $4.75. There are 10 states, plus Washington, DC, where the average price is already at $5 or more: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Several more are within a penny of $5, so those states’ prices are likely only a day or two at most from crossing the mark.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-10-06): A sea of rainbows took over the Big Apple for the biggest pride parade in the world Sunday. [...] - ^ New York City Economic Summary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, updated January 8, 2024. Accessed January 12, 2024. [...] - ^ "Downstate Pays More, Upstate Gets More: Does It Matter?". The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government—The Public Policy Research Arm of the State University of New York. December 2011. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2023-08-30): - The average price of one-gallon gasoline was $1.12 in 1998. [...] The table below displays the average eGallons price per state. [...] In 2008, the average gas price was about $3.50 per gallon. Although this price is much higher than the current average gas price, it is significantly lower than in previous years. For example, in 2000, the average gas price was over $1.50 per gallon more than in 2008. Despite the high gas price, many people continue to rely on their vehicles as their main mode of transportation.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-10-06): New York is the only state that borders both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. [...] - ^ Edmondson, Brad (2001). "Publication #72—Environmental Affairs in New York State: A Historical Overview" (PDF). New York State Archives. pp. 7–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2017. [...] Our new ranking puts the Big Apple firmly on top.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-10-03): The current national average of $3.19 a gallon is higher than the average cost of gas since 2018: $3.05 a gallon. [...] US gas prices per gallon have wavered between a national average of $1.84 and $4.99 since 2018. Americans saw the lowest annual average in 2020, when the average cost for a gallon of gas was $2.19. Fast-forward three years and gas is running an average of $3.39 so far in 2024.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Today’s AAA National Average $3.173 Price as of 10/6/24
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Today’s AAA National Average $3.173 [...] Today's AAA New York Avg. $3.222 [...] County average gas prices are updated daily to reflect changes in price. For metro averages, click here.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-03-10): Gas still under $4 a gallon in 12 states As of Thursday, only 12 states have averages under $4, most of which are located in the Midwest. Kansas has the cheapest cost for gas at $3.82. [...] New York gas prices
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Today’s average price of gas in the U.S. is $3.18 per gallon, down $0.01 from yesterday, $0.04 from last week and $0.14 from last month. [...] California has the highest price of gas, with an average of $4.67 per gallon of regular gas. [...] Mississippi has the lowest price of gas, with an average of $2.68 per gallon of regular gas.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-03-08): If Your Time is short - State and local gas taxes in New York state are about 50 cents per gallon, and the average price is currently above $4 per gallon. [...] Not including the federal excise tax, the gas tax in New York was 48.22 cents per gallon, as of Jan. 1, Walczak said. [...] The gas tax in New York is about 50 cents per gallon, not including the federal excise tax, but a gallon of gas now costs more than $4, meaning that the tax is far lower than half the cost of gas.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2023-10-25): Mapped: Gas Prices in Every U.S. State [...] Meanwhile, West Coast states dominate the list of jurisdictions with more expensive gas. With high local taxes and a unique gasoline blend designed to reduce emissions but which increases prices, California tops the list. [...] This is because gasoline prices often rise during peak driving seasons, such as summer, when more people embark on road trips and travel. In addition, gas stations switch to a less expensive winter blend of gasoline after September.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-08-11): The Average Cost of Gas by State [...] The 10 most expensive states to buy gas [...] Texas is the lowest cost state to buy gas, with one gallon of regular costing less than $3.50. Arkansas and South Carolina aren't far behind. Regular gas costs are less than $3.60 per gallon in all the lowest ten states for gas prices. Premium gas costs about 20% more in most of those states.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-10-27): If Your Time is short • When Biden was inaugurated in January 2021, the nationwide average price of gasoline was about $2.46 per gallon. Gasoline prices did exceed $5, but that peak came more than a year later in June 2022. High gasoline prices have been a political challenge for President Joe Biden and Democrats in this midterm election year. During an Oct. 27 visit to Syracuse, New York, Biden flubbed a statistic on gas prices, prompting a swarm of criticism among political commentators and on social media. "Today, the most common price of gas in America is $3.39, down from over $5 when I took office," Biden said in remarks about microchip manufacturing in Syracuse.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2020-05-08): If Your Time is short • According to AAA data, New York was one of 12 states that had unleaded regular gasoline that cost more than $2.00 a gallon on April 27, as long as the District of Columbia is included as a state. [...] "New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00, according to numbers provided by the AAA of Western and Central New York," the report said. [...] A news report cited the American Automobile Association in saying that "New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00."
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2020-04-28): That’s because New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00, according to numbers provided by the AAA of Western and Central New York. [...] In New York State, it's $2.18 per gallon, compared to $2.96 a year ago. [...] That's right: she said higher gas prices are just a reality for motorists living in the Empire State. New Yorkers pay $0.65 in taxes for every gallon of gas they buy, and more than $0.45 are state taxes.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2014-12-19): "As of this morning, there are 24 states with prices under $2 a gallon. But Missouri is lowest," said Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy's senior petroleum analyst. [...] Thirteen states, many in the South, have gas taxes of less than 40 cents a gallon, according to the American Petroleum Institute. Seventeen states' gas taxes are more than 50 cents a gallon. [...] Regular unleaded gas prices peaked this year in late June at about $3.70 a gallon nationwide, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This week the nationwide average is $2.55.
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (2022-03-14): - Natural Gas: Prices include minimum monthly fees and are dependent on location as natural gas and electricity delivery companies operate only in selected areas of the state. [...] Historical Heating Fuel Prices [...] January 31, 2022 (PDF)
Claim: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” (American Automobile Association, 2020-04-27)
Evidence (1997-09-08): - Source: NYSERDA, "New York Home Propane Price Monitoring Program" [...] - Energy price inquiries should be addressed to Brad Leach at [email protected], or 518-862-1090, ext.3364 - Propane Prices: What Consumers Should Know - Propane Prices: Frequently Asked Questions - Dashboard historical data begins September 8, 1997 The Heating Fuel Prices Dashboard provides New York residents and businesses with objective information on residential retail heating fuel pricing in New York State and by region. The Dashboard includes current and historical residential retail price data, regional comparison, and fuel type comparisons for heating oil, kerosene, and propane. This dashboard helps keep consumers informed of residential retail heating fuel price trends in their area throughout the year including during critical winter months.