Capito Expects Gas Prices To Drop When Iran Agrees To Nuclear Limits 

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito filled her car up with gas in West Virginia Monday, and said on her weekly press call Thursday that she was shocked at the price.  

AAA reported a national average of $4.30 Thursday for a gallon of regular gas and said the average in West Virginia was $4.09. That’s up almost 16 cents per gallon from just a week ago. 

“Obviously this hurts every single West Virginia. It’s really hard, because we have to drive, in some cases, a long way to get to work or school or the grocery store, church or wherever we need to go,” Capito said. “As most rural states, we do a lot of driving and so $4.09 is very high.”  

President Donald Trump, she said, is working “night and day” to lower those prices nationwide – but won’t allow Iran to continue developing nuclear weapons. 

“Which is basically what Iran has said. ‘Yes, we’ll open the straits. Yes, we’ll have the free flow of oil, but we’re not going to talk about developing a nuclear weapon.’ That endangers everybody,” Capito said.  

Capito also said negotiations have been tough because it’s not clear who’s in charge in Iran these days – the Revolutionary Guard, the military, or political leaders, but she doesn’t expect Trump to put American boots on the ground there.