Peter Doocy Again Challenges Jen Psaki: ‘Are You Guys Going to Just Start Blaming Putin For Everything Until the Midterms?’

Fox News’ Peter Doocy challenged White House press secretary Jen Psaki again today over the so-called “Putin Price Hike.”

Doocy asked Psaki today, “The president’s statement blames the Putin price hike. Are you guys just going to start blaming Putin for everything until the midterms?”

Psaki responded, “Well, we’ve seen the price of gas go up at least 75 cents since President Putin lined up troops on the border of Ukraine.”

“And, and last month, the statement didn’t mention the Putin price hike, it mentioned inflation because of the pandemic, why’s that?” Doocy pressed.

Apparently, COVID has been canceled according to Psaki, as she shot back, “Well Peter, last year, last two years, there was a global pandemic.”

“Everyone who is a global economist have all agreed that that has been the biggest contributor to date of inflation because of the impact on the supply chain,” Psaki insisted.

Psaki then struggled to tie it all together as she concluded, “Obviously global events impact the economy, the global economy, as well as global inflation and the price hikes as a result that have escalated over the course of time of President Putin’s further invasion of the impact on the global oil markets are, of course, having an impact.”

DOOCY: "Are you guys going to start blaming Putin for everything until the midterms? […] Last month, the statement didn't mention the Putin Price Hike. It mentioned inflation because of the pandemic." pic.twitter.com/30z1JyxsnL

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We reported yesterday on the exchange between the two:

Doocy: Why did you guys decide to rebrand the rising gas prices as the #PutinPriceHike.

Psaki: I mean, if you want to use that on Fox, I welcome that.

Doocy: Does President Biden think that each of these 9,000 leases that are available have oil or gas in them? Because industry experts are saying that that accusation is a complete red herring. Some permits are viable, and some are not. When you say that, this represents a fundamental misunderstanding as to how this process works.

Psaki: Well, first of all, nearly 60% of these acres remain non-producing, that’s a lot. In the range of 20 million acres. So there are 9,000 unused approved permits to drill in. That should not require us inviting them to do that. They should do that themselves.

Doocy: (While being interrupted) what about additional permits/

Psaki: What additional permits do they need? The leases are there, the permits are there, I don’t think they need an embroidered invitation to drill…