California Governor Gavin Newsom is continuing his years-long crusade against Chevron, this time telling Californians to avoid Chevron gas stations during the busiest driving weekend of the year, as he accused the company of price gouging and ripping off consumers. A laughable claim given the state’s own glaring problems of ripping off taxpayers, as well as the fact that California makes more per gallon in tax revenue than oil companies do in profit.
🚨 JUST NOW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just went FULL DERANGED, "going to war" on the state's LARGEST gasoline provider Chevron due to high prices...
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 22, 2026
...yet he is PURPOSEFULLY inflating their prices with taxes and restrictions on energy 🤯
"Be sure to avoid Chevron."
CLOWN. pic.twitter.com/TRI3xrcis2
"Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron," Newsom's Press Office account wrote on X. "Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy name like ‘Techron.’ Big Oil is already making billions off Trump’s Iran War; don’t let them rip you off even more by overpaying for the brand name."
Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron.
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) May 21, 2026
Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy… pic.twitter.com/FMTnNHE0Bn
"Pro tip: Don't take Pro tips from a Politician who hasn't driven himself anywhere since 2004," the official account for the U.S. Oil and Gas Association quipped on X in response.
Pro tip:
— US Oil & Gas Association (@US_OGA) May 22, 2026
Don't take Pro tips from a Politician who hasn't driven himself anywhere since 2004. https://t.co/3m6Rk7I40u
This comes as Chevron’s own campaign against Governor Newsom flooded social media yesterday, with the company releasing a fresh wave of ads at its California gas stations telling residents who it believes is really responsible for the state’s high gas prices.
The ads blamed the costs on what Chevron called the root causes: California’s reliance on foreign oil, the nation’s highest gas tax, which Newsom has refused to suspend, and the state’s unwillingness to fully tap into its own oil reserves.
Chevron is letting customers know in California that it’s not Donald Trump causing the insane gas prices in the state, it’s California Democrats
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 21, 2026
Chevron just added these new signs to their pumps educating customers, “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more”
“California… pic.twitter.com/MzIYrzjaBz
Yeah Chevron had these posted for a while in North San Diego. 3 different signs. 👍👊 pic.twitter.com/XsxXt90m3z
— Sky R (@sky_roney) May 21, 2026
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