After bragging about giving Kentucky an automatic gas tax increase to “grow” Kentucky’s state budget, Bruce Lunsford has finally admitted that the difference in price caused by his tax scheme is a burden that makes a “huge difference” to consumers.

During a recent campaign stop, Lunsford talked about a gas station he visited where the owner had priced his gasoline six-cents lower than the local competition to “take care of the regular customers.”

Lunsford said: “That six cents made a huge difference for them.”

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According to the Courier-Journal: “Lunsford, as Brown's chief legislative liaison, did push for a change in the gas tax formula. At the time the tax was 9 cents a gallon; since then the price of gas has more than tripled, with the tax rising to 21.1 cents per gallon.”  That’s an increase of 12.1 cents per gallon, twice the Lunsford threshold of what constitutes a “huge difference.”

“If six-cents makes a ‘huge difference,’ then Lunsford is finally admitting his automatic gas tax increases are hurting Kentucky families,” said McConnell campaign manager Justin Brasell.  “I was surprised when he bragged about raising taxes in the first place.  This is not someone Kentuckians want representing them in the U.S. Senate,” Brasell said.

Even Courier-Journal columnist David Hawpe was forced to admit over the weekend that because of Bruce Lunsford’s work, Kentucky’s gas tax has gone up 134-percent! 

“Lunsford’s record on gas taxes is clear and consistent.  He still supports higher gas taxes, he admits that when they go up families feel the pain, and he does not care what these taxes do to the cost of gas at the pump,” Brasell said.

“At a time of record high gas prices, Kentuckians are undoubtedly going to reject Bruce Lunsford’s tax-raising ambitions and return Mitch McConnell to the U.S. Senate in November,” Brasell said.