Golf legend Phil Mickelson laments California gas prices, praises gov candidate supporting offshore drilling

Golf fable Phil Mickelson spoke retired astir the terms of state successful California, portion praising California GOP gubernatorial campaigner Steve Hilton for his program to nutrient state successful the authorities to trim prices. 

Mickelson shared his opinions successful a bid of societal media posts Wednesday.  

In 1 post, the golfer reshared a photograph showing prices astatine a state presumption successful California exceeding $5 per gallon. 

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Phil Mickelson ponders a question astatine a property league June 13, 2022, astatine The Country Club successful Brookline, Mass., up of the U.S. Open.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

"This is bittersweet and going to get worse," Mickelson wrote. 

In a consequent post, Mickelson reshared an interrogation of Hilton connected the Fox Business Network's "The Bottom Line," wherever the campaigner shared his enactment for the White House's program to transportation retired off-shore lipid drilling disconnected the seashore of California. Hilton said his program and extremity is to bring state prices down to $3 per gallon. 

"Finally, idiosyncratic speaking communal sense," Mickelson wrote. 

Earlier this year, an investigation by University of Southern California prof Michael Mische suggested Californians could extremity up paying arsenic overmuch arsenic $8.43 per gallon of state adjacent twelvemonth arsenic 2 refineries successful the authorities person plans to shutter.

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Phil Mickelson watches his changeable disconnected the 11th tee during the archetypal circular of the Travelers Championship astatine TPC River Highlands June 24, 2021, successful Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

"Any disruptions to lipid and overseas gasoline supplies volition exacerbate California’s gasoline dilemma and drive-up prices. Any disruptions to maritime markets, routes, ports, operations, etc., volition person a important effect connected California gasoline information and user prices, arsenic good arsenic prices successful Nevada and Arizona," Mische wrote successful May. 

Meanwhile, Valero Energy Corp. announced that it volition apt adjacent its Benicia refinery adjacent San Francisco successful April 2026, putting much than 400 jobs successful jeopardy and perchance raising prices adjacent more.

Hilton, who is simply a apical GOP contender for politician successful 2026, has made addressing state prices a cardinal committedness of his campaign. 

"Despite our state's plentiful lipid reserves, Californians are forced by Democrat 'climate' policies to wage the nation’s highest state prices (now astir $5.00 per gallon), surpassing adjacent Hawaii, successful the mediate of the Pacific Ocean," Hilton wrote successful a Fox News Digital op-ed successful June. 

"California’s sky-high state prices are the nonstop effect of 15 years of one-party Democratic rule. Gavin Newsom, erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris and each different starring Democrat successful the authorities person been cheerleaders for this ‘war connected fossil fuels,’ endlessly bragging astir "leading the world" connected clime change."

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Meanwhile, Mickelson has been progressive connected societal media this twelvemonth successful bringing consciousness to assorted socio-political issues pushed by leftist policies and lawmakers, portion praising conservatives similar President Donald Trump, the precocious Charlie Kirk and present Hilton. 

Mickelson is simply a erstwhile California nonmigratory who was calved successful San Diego and moved to Florida to debar paying California's precocious taxes.

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