How Biden’s Choices Have Harshly Impacted This One Family…

As a result of the record high gas prices in California, families with children in the hospital have been left in a considerable bind, as at least one family in particular sharing that they are being forced to pay more than $300 every time they visit their newborn son in the ICU.

Tinisha Dominguez, a mother of four from Tulare, Calif., has been living by the bedside of her newborn son Davy at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital following a life-saving procedure that doctors performed on him, as stated by a Bay Area ABC affiliate. Unfortunately, Dominguez’s husband has only been able to make infrequent visits to the hospital, with the help of a local nonprofit providing gas money for the more than three-and-a-half hour trip.

Gas prices in the golden state reached $5.86 per gallon this past Monday, which is $1.50 more than nationwide average. Shockingly, some counties in California are actually hitting $6 a gallon. These skyrocketing gas prices have actually been matching the rising inflation, which reached a 40-year high in February. Both have progressively risen since the inauguration of President Joe Biden, further accelerated by federal stimulus spending in addition to a halt in energy supply chain in reaction to the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Last week, a national poll discovered that four out of five voters wish for Biden to increase the production of U.S. energy as a means to combat the crippling disruptions to the oil and gas supply. The Biden administration has not made a move to increase domestic oil and gas production in response to banning all Russian imports of oil and gas to the U.S. during the beginning of March.

“It’s really hard, but I’ve got to be strong for all of us,” Dominguez told ABC7 KGO. “My husband does come back and forth when he can. It is hard due to the gas prices.”

Sara Alexander, who is the executive director of There With Care, the nonprofit helping the Dominguez family, explained to ABC7 that families are now more than ever struggling with fuel costs that cost about four times as much as before.

“Previously, we were helping families with $25 to $50 worth of gas and now knowing that a tank of gas can cost more than $100 we recognize there’s so much more we can do,” Alexander said. She encouraged individuals to provide donations to help support these families and others by donating at their web site.

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