{"id":1526990,"date":"2022-06-23T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526990"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:19:13","slug":"the-view-hosts-lob-softballs-at-wh-press-secretary-ask-just-two-questions-about-inflation-and-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-hosts-lob-softballs-at-wh-press-secretary-ask-just-two-questions-about-inflation-and-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The View\u2019 Hosts Lob Softballs At WH Press Secretary, Ask Just Two Questions About Inflation And Gas Prices"},"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%2Fthe-view-hosts-lob-softballs-at-wh-press-secretary-ask-just-two-questions-about-inflation-and-gas-prices%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=1526990&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--><p>The hosts of ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d spent nearly half of Thursday\u2019s broadcast lobbing mostly softballs at White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre joined the midday talk show for two full segments, and despite the fact that the economy \u2014 particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fed-chair-putin-not-primary-reason-for-high-inflation-then-biden-whines-again-about-putins-price-hike\/\">inflation<\/a> and gas prices \u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-view-circles-the-wagons-when-republican-guest-host-dares-to-blame-biden-for-inflation\/\">top of mind<\/a> for many Americans, the hosts chose to focus the majority of their attention on other topics.<\/p>\n<p>The first question focused on the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling \u2014 released Thursday morning \u2014 striking down New York\u2019s restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions\/\">carrying a concealed firearm<\/a> outside the home. \u201cWe\u2019re all concerned about potential ramifications. What\u2019s the administration\u2019s thoughts about this ruling thus far today?\u201d Whoopi Goldberg asked.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre deflected, saying, \u201cI can\u2019t speak specifically to this ruling just quite yet, but here\u2019s what I can say: This is a president that has done more executive action on gun violence, on stopping gun violence, on gun reform than any other president in their first year, and so he\u2019s going to continue to do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Ana Navarro picked up where Goldberg left off, asking Jean-Pierre to weight in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/gun-rights-groups-explain-the-problems-with-gun-control-bill-that-14-gop-senators-caved-on\/\">gun control legislation<\/a> that was moving through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first major gun safety legislation in over 30 years, and it has some Republican support, but many feel it doesn\u2019t go far enough to stop shootings like those in Uvalde and Buffalo, and it falls far short of what the president himself as you mentioned had called for. He stayed out of the Senate negotiations. Tell me, do you think that was the right move, and is he satisfied with where they\u2019ve ended up?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre agreed that the legislation was what the White House was calling an \u201cencouraging\u201d development, but she made it clear that it was only a \u201cfirst step\u201d in getting to where they really wanted to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor so many time \u2013 for so long, I should say, Congress has been \u2013 has been saying, has been offering after a mass shooting, you know, thoughts and prayers.\u00a0Now there is an opportunity to do something,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Sunny Hostin turned the topic to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/very-catholic-nancy-pelosi-wont-say-whether-she-agrees-with-the-pope-on-abortion\/\">still-pending<\/a> Supreme Court decision in\u00a0<em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, asking how the White House was preparing to handle the possibility that the decision could potentially overturn\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre made it clear that the White House was considering action should that come to pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it\u2019s been anticipated, as you just mentioned, Sunny, this ruling that will take away women\u2019s rights, a woman\u2019s rights to choose what she can do with her body, and how she wants to grow her own family, or how she wants to see her life, and so this is something that the president and the vice president have spoken to against the potential of overturning <em>Roe<\/em>, and so we are looking at all options right now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Haines asked one of the only questions related to inflation, focusing on the gas prices and what the Biden administration planned to do to ease the pain at the pump. Haines noted that even some experts have said that the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-calls-for-three-month-pause-to-federal-gas-tax\/\">3-month pause<\/a> in the federal gas tax will not have much of an impact on prices, but Jean-Pierre touted them anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House Press Sec brags about proposed gas tax holiday that could save working families $0.18 per gallon \u2014 that&#8217;s $2.70 off a 15-gallon fill-up that costs around $75. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dnb8xDLaUN\">pic.twitter.com\/Dnb8xDLaUN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1540040562618912770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After explaining that the federal gas tax holiday would save families $0.18 per gallon, she went on to push for states and gas companies to do the real heavy lifting \u2014 arguing that if they did \u201ctheir part,\u201d Americans could see gas prices lowered by up to $1 per gallon. She then immediately pivoted back to the White House\u2019s boilerplate response, blaming the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/putin-price-hike-jen-psaki-invites-peter-doocy-to-join-her-in-the-white-houses-gas-price-blame-game\/\">high gas prices<\/a> on Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Joy Behar followed that up by asking about Biden\u2019s economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>Behar also asked about the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/adam-schiff-insists-he-has-evidence-trump-was-involved-in-plot-to-overturn-election-but-wont-reveal-it\/\">January 6th hearings<\/a>, asking whether Biden\u2019s Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/is-that-intentional-cnns-dana-bash-grills-adam-schiff-over-avoiding-witnesses-whod-challenge-the-january-6th-narrative\/\">planned to act<\/a> on any of the findings \u2014 and Jean-Pierre made a point to distance the White House from anything that Attorney General Merrick Garland might take from those hearings.<\/p>\n<p>The toughest question of the day came from Hostin, who asked about detained basketball player <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/brittney-griners-wife-begs-biden-to-get-wnba-star-freed-from-russia\/\">Brittney Griner<\/a>, who has been held in Russia since February, and the fact that she has repeatedly asked to speak with the White House in order to resolve her situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer wife now says she has zero trust in our government to ensure Griner\u2019s release,\u201d Hostin added.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre insisted that the Biden administration was working to get her released and back to the United States, and that a botched call with the Embassy was being rescheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Behar rounded out the interview by praising Jean-Pierre and her predecessor, former Press Secretary Jen Psaki, for helping to \u201crestore credibility\u201d to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hosts of ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d spent nearly half of Thursday\u2019s broadcast lobbing mostly softballs at White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Jean-Pierre joined the midday talk show for two full segments, and despite the fact that the economy \u2014 particularly inflation and gas prices \u2014 is top of mind for many Americans, the hosts &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1527088,"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-1526990","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\/1526990","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1527088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}