Watch Doocy Floored Psaki For Lying About Gas Price Hike
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and her binder of excuses was dished a stone-cold dose of reality after Peter Doocy got ahold of her. The Fox News reporter refused to accept Psaki's lame excuses, and for once she didn't cut him off right away.
Though, I'm almost sure she probably wishes she had...
The exchange happened after Psaki presented yet another reason why gas prices are insanely high. This time, she blamed Russia.
" It sounds like you guys are blaming Putin for the increase in gas prices recently, but weren’t gas prices going up anyway because of post-pandemic supply chain issues?" Doocy questioned.
Psaki responded, "Well, I think there’s no question that, as we have seen and outside analysts have conveyed this as well, the increase, and the anticipated continued increase, which is, I think, what some of your colleagues were asking about — that that is a direct result of the invasion of Ukraine and also, there was an anticipation of that that was — that was — it was factored in, as gas prices have gone up."
Doocy argued, "So you say that you’re going to do everything that you can to reduce the impact that high gas prices have on Americans. We’re asking other countries to think about maybe pumping more oil. Why not just do it here?"
It spiraled for a moment as the two fought to speak. Finally, Doocy was able to call out Biden for not using American-made oil.
"Let me give you the facts here — and I know that can be inconvenient, but I think they’re important in this moment: To the contrary, we have — we have been clear that in the short term, supply must keep up with the demand we’re — we are — here and around the world, while we make the shift to secure a clear — clean energy future. We are one of the largest producers with a strong domestic oil and gas industry. We have actually produced more oil; it is at record numbers and we will continue to produce more oil. There are 9,000 approved drilling permits that are not being used, so the suggestion that we are not let allowing companies to drill is inaccurate. The suggestion that that is what is hindering or preventing gas prices to come down is inaccurate."
"So, gas prices are approaching an all-time high per gallon. How high would they have to get before President Biden would say, “I’m going to set aside my ambitious climate goals and just increase domestic oil production, get the producers to drill more here, and we can address the fossil fuel future later?” Doocy cracked.
"Well, again, Peter, the U.S. produced more oil this past year than in President Trump’s first year. Next year, according to the Department of Energy, we will produce more oil than every — than ever before," she growled.
Adding, "Those are — those are the facts, in terms of oil production and again, right now there are 9,000 unused approved permits to drill onshore. So, I think you’re misidentifying what the actual issue is. But if we’re looking to the future and what — how — what we can do to prevent this from being a challenge in future crises, the best thing we can do is reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil, because that will help us have a reliable source of energy so that we’re not worried about gas prices going up because of the whims of a foreign dictator."
What was Biden's response to all of this? "It’s going to go up," Biden told a reporter when asked about gas prices on Tuesday. "Can’t do much right now. Russia is responsible."