Biden told is this would happen...all you had to do was listen to him.

"The way Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sees it, President Joe Biden has no one else to blame for his shaky start in office, calling it a case of "liberals gone wild."

Inflation in the United States was running hot long before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, and gas prices were destined to reach all-time highs after Biden, as a candidate in 2020, promised to shut down oil pipelines and halt all new drilling in North America, he noted.
"It was his [campaign] promise to raise gas prices," Cruz told "Rob Schmitt Tonight" on Newsmax on Wednesday.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr....ont/biden-white-hous