Hold on to your hats and stock up on gas while you can, because it just hit a record high, and it’s going to go up even more.
The national average is now $4.104/gallon.
BREAKING: According to GasBuddy data, the US national average has JUST set a new all-time record: $4.104/gallon, eclipsing 2008's record of $4.103/gal. The higher prices this time will likely stay around far longer. #oil #gasprices https://t.co/8RgHCC9sK3
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️📊 (@GasBuddyGuy) March 7, 2022
“There are few words to describe the unprecedented rise in gasoline prices over the last week, with massive spikes coast to coast in both gasoline and diesel prices, as oil prices jump to their highest since 2008,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“Forget the $4 per gallon mark, the nation will soon set new all-time record highs and we could push closer to a national average of $4.50,” he said. According to GasBuddy, the average price of gasoline will likely set a new all-time record within a day.
Meanwhile, what is Joe Biden doing about it?
On Monday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Jen Psaki was hit with that news about the record gas prices. She lied her head off trying to blame the rise in gas prices on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
PSAKI: “The increase [in gas prices]…is the direct result of the invasion of Ukraine"
Gas prices rose $1.14 from Biden's inauguration to the day Putin invaded. pic.twitter.com/r9cRGgwn0A
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
While the most recent spikes are no doubt related to the Russian invasion, they were already rising a tremendous amount even before that. So the Biden team can’t try to wiggle out of it like this. Moreover, if Biden hadn’t mishandled everything regarding Russia, to begin with, we wouldn’t be stuck in the mess we are with that situation now.
One reporter then put Psaki on the spot — reciting the comments of Americans disturbed by what they were seeing at the pump.
As the price for a gallon of gas reaches a record high, Psaki says Biden is "going to do everything he can to reduce the impact on the American people."**
**Except increasing domestic energy production. pic.twitter.com/uCx2Te8zzJ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
The Biden administration is going to do everything — except make America anywhere close to energy-independent, as it was under President Donald Trump. Releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve doesn’t do anything to solve the long-term issue. 30 million barrels a day — what Biden said he has released — is about a day and a half of U.S. use. Back in November, Biden trumpeted that they were making a release from the Reserve that was going to solve the problem of high prices. That was well before the invasion and we still had high prices. It’s concerning that they keep citing it as though it’s any kind of a policy approach at all and not just pilfering the savings account that we have.
Where is Biden’s meeting with American energy producers to address this? What is he doing instead? Talking about possibly getting more oil from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and even Iran. He’s had more meetings with America’s enemies like Iran than he has had with Americans who could address this.
While the Biden administration asks Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran to produce more oil, Psaki says "the best thing we can do is reduce our dependence on…foreign oil."
…that's not reducing our dependence on foreign oil, it's increasing it. pic.twitter.com/neNUI2c89N
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
Jen Psaki confirms Biden administration officials are discussing "energy security" — purchasing more oil — with countries like Venezuela and Iran.
Biden would rather get oil from terrorists than Texas. pic.twitter.com/iGhj0YEw7h
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
Psaki can’t even keep the lies straight. She takes a swipe at Trump over Iran, but it’s Biden who left us in this position, not Trump. It’s Trump who warned us against being reliant on others for energy.
Remember when we had a President who warned us on becoming dependent on foreign oil?
They laughed at him.
But he was right.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 7, 2022
But meanwhile, how’s that making Russia a pariah thing going? Not so much, they’re still holding meetings with Russia as the negotiator on the Iran Deal.
Psaki says sanctions on Russia don't "have anything to do" with Russia taking part in Iran nuclear deal negotiations pic.twitter.com/emDKYjEeuO
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
This last clip just makes me want to shake my head.
Psaki on Europe being dependent on Russian oil:
"They need to diversify their means of getting oil" pic.twitter.com/Za0aa2tJg4
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
Psaki says the EU has to “diversify” so they aren’t reliant upon Russian oil, but she won’t acknowledge their failure to ensure the independence of our supply, or that we cannot only provide for ourselves but sell to Russia. Now, if we did that, we would not only free them and us from Russian oil, we would reduce the prices worldwide with the increased production and help our national security interests. So, of course, Joe Biden doesn’t want to do it.
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