{"id":1362944,"date":"2022-03-07T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362944"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:09:02","slug":"it-sounds-like-youre-blaming-putin-peter-doocy-spars-with-psaki-on-gas-prices-she-keeps-blaming-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-sounds-like-youre-blaming-putin-peter-doocy-spars-with-psaki-on-gas-prices-she-keeps-blaming-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It Sounds Like You\u2019re Blaming Putin\u2019: Peter Doocy Spars With Psaki On Gas Prices, She Keeps Blaming Putin"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fit-sounds-like-youre-blaming-putin-peter-doocy-spars-with-psaki-on-gas-prices-she-keeps-blaming-putin%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=1362944&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\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1197874638.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy challenged Press Secretary Jen Psaki during Monday\u2019s briefing, asking whether the administration was going to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine for high oil prices \u2014 despite the fact that they were rising long before Russian occupation forces entered Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy also asked several times whether President Joe Biden was willing to combat the skyrocketing energy costs by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/nikki-haley-unloads-on-biden-admin-for-buying-russian-oil-you-never-sleep-with-the-devil-because-then-the-devil-owns-you\/\">increasing domestic production<\/a>, a move that many Republicans have been calling for as well.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOOCY TIME: &#8220;It sound like you are blaming Putin for the increase in gas prices recently, but weren&#8217;t gas prices going up anyway b\/c of post-pandemic supply chain issues?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki says &#8220;there&#8217;s no question that\u2026the increase\u2026is a direct result of the invasion of Ukraine.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/78dlMbGkNB\">pic.twitter.com\/78dlMbGkNB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500926256363171840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt sound like you are blaming Putin for the increase in gas prices recently, but weren\u2019t gas prices going up anyway because of post-pandemic supply chain issues?\u201d Doocy asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think that there\u2019s 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 is a direct result of the invasion of Ukraine, and also there was an anticipation of that,\u201d Psaki replied, appearing to suggest that gas prices had only risen prior to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine because the markets had anticipated it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was factored in as gas prices have gone up,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy pressed Psaki further on the issue, noting that U.S. officials had called on other oil-producing nations to increase their own domestic production in order to help bring down the cost of oil and gas and asking why, by that same logic, the federal government was not calling for increased domestic production within its own borders at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: &#8220;[Y]ou say\u2026you&#8217;re going to do everything you can to reduce the impacts\u2026high gas prices have\u2026We&#8217;re asking other countries to think about\u2026pumping more oil. Why not just do it here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki insists &#8220;federal policies are not limiting the supplies of oil &#038; gas&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZGeewR6v9\">pic.twitter.com\/bZGeewR6v9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500927759316619271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou say that you\u2019re going to do everything you can to reduce the impact that high gas prices have on Americans,\u201d Doocy pointed out, adding, \u201cWe\u2019re asking other countries to think about maybe pumping more oil. Why not just do it here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, to be very clear, federal policies are not limiting the supplies of oil and gas,\u201d Psaki pushed back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Psaki: &#8220;Let me finish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: &#8220;An executive order, his first week halted new oil and gas leases on public land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: &#8220;Let me give you the facts here &#038; I know that can be inconvenient, but\u2026they&#8217;re important\u2026There are 9,000 approved\u2026permits\u2026not being used.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LkLIL0Cvob\">pic.twitter.com\/LkLIL0Cvob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500928344069656578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAn executive order, his first week halted new oil and gas leases on public land,\u201d Doocy protested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me give you the facts here and I know that can be inconvenient,\u201d Psaki pushed back, saying that there were \u201cover 9000\u201d leases that had already been granted and that Doocy should take it up with the gas companies if they were not producing enough domestically.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: &#8220;Would President Biden rescind his executive order that halts new oil &#038; natural gas leases on public lands?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: &#8220;Well, 90% of them have been on private lands\u2026[T]here are 9,000 unused approved drilling permits, so I would suggest you ask the oil companies\u2026&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PbETC96jTL\">pic.twitter.com\/PbETC96jTL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500928777387454474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Doocy concluded by asking whether Biden would ever consider rescinding the executive order that halted construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline, adding, \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: &#8220;[G]as prices are approaching an all-time high\u2026How high would they have to get before\u2026Biden would say, &#8216;I&#8217;m going set aside my ambitious climate goals &#038;\u2026increase domestic\u2026production, get the producers to drill more\u2026&#038; we can address the fossil fuel future later?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sW4pCP5fHA\">pic.twitter.com\/sW4pCP5fHA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1500929834318544896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGas prices are approaching an all-time high per gallon. How high would they have to get before President Biden would say, \u2018I\u2019m going set aside my ambitious climate goals adjust increase domestic oil production, get the producers to drill more here, and we can address the fossil fuel future later?&#8217;\u201d Doocy pressed.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki responded by claiming that U.S. oil production was already on track to reach a record high in the next year.<\/p>\n<p><i>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\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy challenged Press Secretary Jen Psaki during Monday\u2019s briefing, asking whether the administration was going to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion<\/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-1362944","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\/1362944","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=1362944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362944\/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=1362944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}