{"id":584424,"date":"2021-07-06T18:06:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T22:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584424"},"modified":"2021-07-06T18:06:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T22:06:36","slug":"watch-psaki-appears-to-sneer-at-reporter-who-asks-if-high-gas-prices-are-politically-damaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-psaki-appears-to-sneer-at-reporter-who-asks-if-high-gas-prices-are-politically-damaging\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Psaki Appears To Sneer At Reporter Who Asks If High Gas Prices Are Politically Damaging"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fwatch-psaki-appears-to-sneer-at-reporter-who-asks-if-high-gas-prices-are-politically-damaging%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=584424&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\/2021\/07\/Psaki-4-scaled-e1625608253522.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared to sneer briefly at a reporter who asked if surging gas prices could be politically damaging to the Democratic Party in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices have soared to their highest prices in seven years, which has contributed to surging inflation rates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn oil prices, you\u2019ve alluded a couple of times today to the impact on what actual gas price is, I think it\u2019s over $3 a gallon now, huge amount of travel over the holiday weekend. What is the president doing for regular Americans to try to keep the gas prices down, whether it be engaging with OPEC?\u201d a reporter asked Psaki. \u201cBut also is the president considering releasing from the strategic reserve or are there other steps that the president can take to address what is obviously a painful situation and how much do you guys worry on his behalf that it will become a political issue that could be damaging to the president and his party in the coming election?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 18 months? 17 months? Okay,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cSo I would say first, Mike, that the president wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump. And so that\u2019s why our team is constantly monitoring gas prices and directly communicating with OPEC parties to get to a deal and allow proposed production increases to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki claimed that there were \u201cmany times\u201d a \u201cmisunderstanding of what causes gas prices to increase\u201d even though gas prices are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&amp;f=M\">higher now<\/a> under Biden than they ever were under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so to convey to the American people that we\u2019re working on it, and certainly the supply availability of oil has a huge impact,\u201d Psaki claimed. \u201cI would also say that ensuring Americans don\u2019t bear a burden at the pump continues to be a top priority for the administration at large. That\u2019s one of the core reasons why the president was opposed, vehemently opposed, to a gas tax and any tax on vehicle mileage because he felt that would fall on the backs of Americans and that was a bottom line red line for him. In terms of additional considerations, I just don\u2019t have anything to preview for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.196610169492\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: When asked what the Biden administration&#8217;s doing about rising gas prices, Psaki just says &#8220;we&#8217;re working on it,&#8221; talks about supply. <\/p>\n<p>Pretty rich coming from the team that canceled Keystone XL and wants to &#8220;phase out&#8221; oil: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2yT8Ukc4AK\">pic.twitter.com\/2yT8Ukc4AK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cooper (@thejcoop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejcoop\/status\/1412470046253793286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>PORTIONS OF TRANSCRIPT RELEVANT TO OIL &amp; GAS INDUSTRY:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"76\">\n<p><em>REPORTER 1:&nbsp;Just one more quick one. OPEC Plus, it\u2019s in a statement yesterday that you guys are currently engaged with the various players, even though you\u2019re not a part of the negotiation, can you elaborate a little bit on what that means?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEN PSAKI, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Sure. We are closely monitoring the OPEC Plus negotiations and their impact on the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As you noted Phil, we\u2019re not a party to these talks, but over the weekend and into this week, we\u2019ve had a number of high-level conversations with officials in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other relevant partners. We\u2019re encouraged by the ongoing conversation by OPEC members to reaching an agreement. The ongoing talks I should say. Which will promote access to affordable and reliable energy, and certainly the impact on prices here is hence our great interest. Go ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER 2: Can you tell us which administration officials have been engaging with the Saudi and UAE governments on this issue?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I don\u2019t have more details about the individuals. I can see if there\u2019s more specifics to provide for you after the briefing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER 2: And then, on the US engagement in the talks. I know that you said the U.S. isn\u2019t a party to the talks, but have these officials engaged or encouraged a specific solution, such as keeping production levels where they are currently through the end of the year?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Well, I would say first we are engaged directly with them to hear updates on the conversations that are happening between the OPEC members. I can see, of course, and we are constantly monitoring the price of gas in this country, and we know the impact of oil prices around the world is having a direct impact on that. In terms of additional specifics of the conversations, I\u2019m just not going to have anything more to read out for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER 2:<\/em>&nbsp;<em>And then lastly, just gaging the concern level here at the White House, is there any chance of President Biden would personally get involved in contacting these governments?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I\u2019m certainly not predicting that at this moment in time. We have high level officials who are talented and aptly engaged with their counterparts and I will see if there\u2019s more specifics we can provide about who the individuals are.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER 3: Two questions, one on the oil prices and one on COVID. On oil prices, you\u2019ve alluded a couple of times today to the impact on what actual gas price is, I think it\u2019s over $3 a gallon now, huge amount of travel over the holiday weekend. What is the president doing for regular Americans to try to keep the gas prices down, whether it be engaging with OPEC? But also is the president considering releasing from the strategic reserve or are there other steps that the president can take to address what is obviously a painful situation and how much do you guys worry on his behalf that it will become a political issue that could be damaging to the president and his party in the coming election?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: In 18 months, 17 months? Okay. So I would say first, Mike, that the president wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump. And so that\u2019s why our team is constantly monitoring gas prices and directly communicating with OPEC parties to get to a deal and allow proposed production increases to move forward. And the reason I\u2019ve referenced it so many times is because I think there sometimes is a misunderstanding of what causes gas prices to increase. And so to convey to the American people that we\u2019re working on it, and certainly the supply availability of oil has a huge impact. I would also say that ensuring Americans don\u2019t bear a burden at the pump continues to be a top priority for the administration at large. That\u2019s one of the core reasons why the president was opposed, vehemently opposed, to a gas tax and any tax on vehicle mileage because he felt that would fall on the backs of Americans and that was a bottom line red line for him. In terms of additional considerations, I just don\u2019t have anything to preview for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared to sneer briefly at a reporter who asked if surging gas prices could be politically damaging to the Democratic Party in the upcoming &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314122,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Psaki-4-scaled-e1625608253522.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Psaki Appears To Sneer At Reporter Who Asks If High Gas Prices Are Politically Damaging","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Psaki-4-scaled-e1625608253522.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Psaki Appears To Sneer At Reporter Who Asks If High Gas Prices Are Politically Damaging","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584424","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=584424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}