{"id":1362981,"date":"2022-03-07T16:52:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362981"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:53:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:53:34","slug":"jen-psaki-is-a-lying-liar-who-lies-insane-gas-prices-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-is-a-lying-liar-who-lies-insane-gas-prices-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen Psaki Is A Lying Liar Who Lies: Insane Gas Prices Edition"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fjen-psaki-is-a-lying-liar-who-lies-insane-gas-prices-edition%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=1362981&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jen-Psaki.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to evade White House responsibility for soaring gas prices Monday, casting blame solely on overseas turmoil in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Gas prices hit a national average of $4.06 a gallon, <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">according<\/a> to AAA, this week reaching a new high not seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&#038;s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&#038;f=m\">since<\/a> 2008 when prices reached their all-time peak at $4.11.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increase,\u201d Psaki said, \u201cis a direct result of the invasion of Ukraine,\u201d adding \u201cthere was an anticipation\u201d of rising prices. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"wJUtRgqsYGM1NCX\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PSAKI: \u201cThe increase [in gas prices]\u2026is the direct result of the invasion of Ukraine&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices rose $1.14 from Biden&#8217;s inauguration to the day Putin invaded. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r9cRGgwn0A\">pic.twitter.com\/r9cRGgwn0A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1500924986730717186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In anticipation, however, the White House has only exacerbated a self-inflicted crisis by doubling down on the administration\u2019s war on domestic energy production in the name of climate change and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/23\/how-the-left-is-exploiting-tribal-hypocrisy-on-oil-leases-in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">environmental justice<\/a>. As the impending invasion of Ukraine foreshadowed turbulence in global energy markets, President Biden\u2019s Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/22\/biden-administration-pumps-up-gas-prices-while-trying-to-scapegoat-it-on-everything-from-lockdowns-to-russia\/\">reinstated<\/a> the administration\u2019s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands through a legal filing in Louisiana. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Psaki\u2019s blame on Russian aggression for the spike in energy costs, gas prices began to soar upon Biden\u2019s first days in office after the president\u2019s inaugural orders shut down the Keystone XL pipeline and unilaterally suspended new oil and gas leases on public land. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&#038;s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&#038;f=m\">According<\/a> to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), American gas prices eclipsed an average of $3 per gallon by May as President Biden unleashed a cascade of taxes and regulation on the industry while moving to lock down lucrative reserves. In other words, gas prices have been rising since Biden took office, not since Russia launched its invasion of neighboring Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s suspension of new drilling on federal lands, while temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/federal-judge-blocks-biden-s-ban-leases-drilling-public-lands-n1270972\">overturned<\/a> by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana mid-summer, killed incentives in the capital- and labor-intensive industry for operations to keep up with demand, suppressing production. Producers require long-term planning and assurance their operations will remain in place before they pledge billions in new capital to drill in a particular area. That means new leases must always be on the horizon. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/10\/keystone-xl-pipeline-canceled-one-month-after-biden-energy-secretary-professed-pipe-is-the-way-to-go\/\">Cancellation<\/a> of the Keystone XL pipeline alone axed some 830,000 barrels of Canadian crude flowing to Gulf refineries while the U.S. simultaneously doubled imports of Russian oil. Last year, the U.S. welcomed an average of more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&#038;s=MTTIM_NUS-NRS_1&#038;f=M\">600,000 barrels<\/a> of Russian crude and related petroleum products daily, financing the Kremlin war machine. As the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.php?id=709&#038;t=6\">third-largest<\/a> oil producer providing more than 10 percent of global supply, Russia raked in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/europe\/russias-oil-gas-revenue-windfall-2022-01-21\/\">$119 billion<\/a> in resource revenues. <\/p>\n<p>Biden is reluctant to sanction President Vladimir Putin\u2019s energy sector, with the White House claiming the solution to rising prices is to pivot in favor of cleaner energy sources that are often unreliable and more expensive. Russian gas operations, meanwhile, produce <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/05\/russian-oil-and-gas-operations-emit-30-percent-more-methane-than-american-producers\/\">30 percent<\/a> more methane than American operators. Iran, where the administration is hoping to lift sanctions and welcome its oil, hosts operations with 85 percent more intense methane emissions than their U.S. counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Biden could have brought down energy prices at <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/11\/joe-biden-could-bring-down-gas-prices-tomorrow-hes-choosing-not-to\/\">any point<\/a> in his presidency but instead has continued to escalate the administration\u2019s animosity towards domestic production and the American worker. An enhanced regulatory regime combined with Wall Street pressure to restrict investment in the capital-intense industry has limited diplomatic options to counter Russian aggression by limiting domestic capacity to supplement supply shocks.<\/p>\n<p>In Alaska for example, Democrats have sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/04\/for-the-sake-of-national-security-we-must-reopen-the-alaska-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">lock down decades<\/a> worth of oil and gas reserves stored under a fraction of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) with reinstated environmental protections poised to become permanent. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of unleashing American energy potential to reclaim the independence once briefly achieved under the Trump administration, Biden officials are now pleading with authoritarian adversaries in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/05\/world\/americas\/venezuela-russia-usa.html\">Venezuela<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/biden-may-travel-to-saudi-arabia-in-quest-for-oil-report-says-as-russia-ban-remains-possibility\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> to ramp up production abroad. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to evade White House responsibility for soaring gas prices Monday, casting blame solely on overseas turmoil in Ukraine. 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