The national average price for a gallon of gasoline is now lower than it has been in four years.

That matters, and it didn’t happen by accident.

It matters because energy costs touch every part of family life—from groceries and utilities to commuting and heating a home. There is still a long way to go to repair the damage done by years of inflation and reckless policy, but one truth is undeniable: when energy costs fall, affordability improves.

It happened because of the Trump Administration’s laser-like focus on producing more of our own energy, fulfilling a key campaign promise and making America stronger.

And that’s exactly why a sudden wave of concern from certain politicians about affordability should be treated with deep skepticism.

The usual suspects of lawmakers are feigning outrage, declaring affordability a “crisis,” and pretending to be champions of working families. Yet, these are the same failed politicians who proudly championed the Green New Deal—a radical agenda that would impose massive, unavoidable costs on American households.

Their newfound concern isn’t leadership. It’s hypocrisy.

Let’s start with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Recently, AOC took to social media to complain about affordability and blame others for rising costs. But she wants Americans to forget her own words. When discussing the Green New Deal in 2019, Ocasio-Cortez admitted that the plan would cost trillions upon trillions of........

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