{"id":1362897,"date":"2022-03-07T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362897"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T20:23:27","slug":"psaki-responds-to-skyrocketing-gas-prices-during-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-responds-to-skyrocketing-gas-prices-during-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Responds To Skyrocketing Gas Prices During Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-responds-to-skyrocketing-gas-prices-during-press-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Psaki-6-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed on Monday that President Joe Biden was doing everything he could to bring down the price of gasoline just as prices reached a new all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki also said that no decision has been made yet by the administration on whether they will ban imports of Russian oil amid Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to read to you if I could, Jen, some comments from people we\u2019ve met at gas stations today, one woman saying, \u2018I just never imagined to see the cost of gas be this high,\u2019\u201d a reporter said at the press conference. \u201cAnother said, \u2018it\u2019s a huge stressor to my financial situation, a huge stressor. It\u2019s kind of like something I\u2019m stressed about, like during the day, will I be able to afford gas? How much money do I have?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the White House, what is the President\u2019s message to Americans who are going to the gas station today and seeing prices?\u201d the reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the President\u2019s message is that he\u2019s going to do everything we can, everything he can to reduce the impact on the American people, including the price of gas at the tank,\u201d Psaki responded.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki then proceeded to blame high gas prices on Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CBS&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edokeefe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdOKeefe<\/a>: &#8220;What is the White House\u2013what is the President&#8217;s message to Americans going to the gas station today &#038; seeing prices so high?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: &#8220;Well, the President&#8217;s message is\u2026he&#8217;s going to do\u2026everything he can, to reduce the impact\u2026including the price of gas.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9jxDySMCGn\">pic.twitter.com\/9jxDySMCGn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500923845380874242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNo decision has been made at this point by the president about a ban \u2026 a ban on importing oil from Russia,\u201d Psaki continued. \u201cAnd those discussions are ongoing internally, and also with our counterparts and partners in Europe and around the world. I would note that what the President is most focused on is ensuring we are continuing to take steps to deliver punishing economic consequences on Putin while taking all action necessary to limit the impact to prices at the gas pump.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Psaki on whether Biden would sign bipartisan legislation to ban Russian oil: &#8220;No decision has been made\u2026[T]hose discussions are ongoing internally &#038; also w\/our counterparts and partners[.]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also downplayed Russian oil b\/c it was only 700k barrels\/day pre-invasion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xhubEFzcyW\">pic.twitter.com\/xhubEFzcyW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500923346472648709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed on Monday that President Joe Biden was doing everything he could to bring down the price of gasoline just as prices reached a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}