DOOCY TIME: "It sound like you are blaming Putin for the increase in gas prices recently, but weren't gas prices going up anyway b/c of post-pandemic supply chain issues?"
Psaki says "there's no question that...the increase...is a direct result of the invasion of Ukraine."
Doocy: "[Y]ou say...you're going to do everything you can to reduce the impacts...high gas prices have...We're asking other countries to think about...pumping more oil. Why not just do it here?"
Psaki insists "federal policies are not limiting the supplies of oil & gas"
Psaki: "Let me finish."
Doocy: "An executive order, his first week halted new oil and gas leases on public land."
Psaki: "Let me give you the facts here & I know that can be inconvenient, but...they're important...There are 9,000 approved...permits...not being used."
Doocy: "Would President Biden rescind his executive order that halts new oil & natural gas leases on public lands?"
Psaki: "Well, 90% of them have been on private lands...[T]here are 9,000 unused approved drilling permits, so I would suggest you ask the oil companies..."
Doocy: "Would [he]..undo his executive order that stops the...Keystone XL pipeline?
Psaki: "Are you suggesting that would solve the gas prices issue?"
Doocy: "Well, do you think that would maybe effect prices faster than getting the whole country off of fossil fuels?"
Doocy: "[G]as prices are approaching an all-time high...How high would they have to get before...Biden would say, 'I'm going set aside my ambitious climate goals &...increase domestic...production, get the producers to drill more...& we can address the fossil fuel future later?"
Doocy: "You guys think that asking Saudi Arabia or Venezuela or Iran is reducing our dependence on foreign oil?
Psaki: "That's actually -- I just outlined each of those specific scenarios and the range of discussions that we're having with each of those countries."
PANTS ON FIRE -- Psaki tells Doocy that Trump wanted Iran to get a nuclear weapon: "I don't think anybody is advocating for Iran to continue acquiring a nuclear weapon, perhaps except for the former president who pulled us out of the deal." (8/8)
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