Biden admin creating 'distraction' as gas prices rise

Biden admin creating 'distraction' as gas prices rise, GOP Sen. Kennedy says
The Louisiana Republican spoke out on 'The Ingraham Angle' after Biden's energy secretary couldn't answer key question about U.S. oil consumption
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John Kennedy: Biden administration is trying to distract Americans from its policies

Louisiana senator knocks Biden administration's recent push to tamp down on oil prices on 'Ingraham Angle'

Energy prices were a topic of discussion Tuesday night when U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle."

Ingraham began the segment by showing a video clip of Jennifer Granholm, President Biden’s energy secretary, telling reporters during a news conference that she didn’t know how many barrels of oil Americans consumed every day.

"I don’t have that number in front of me," Granholm said.

Ingraham said the remark suggested deficiencies in Biden’s cabinet but Kennedy offered a different view.

BIDEN ENERGY SEC. GRANHOLM ADMITS SHE DOES NOT KNOW US OIL CONSUMPTION RATE WHEN PRESSED BY A REPORTER

U.S. SEN. JOHN KENNEDY, R-LA: I think they’re just trying to create a distraction. They know what the answer to this is.

Go back to what we were doing in December of last year. Let America be energy-independent. We’ve got the reserves.

His reliance on foreign oil is causing gas prices to go through the roof. I think if many people won the lottery, the first thing they’d do is fill up their gas tanks.

I mean, it’s just ridiculous. The average price is $3.50.

I was out in California a couple of weeks ago, it’s five bucks a gallon out there.

No One Falls for Biden’s Gas-Price Blame Game
The problem at the pump has been caused by the reduction in domestic production and inelastic demand.
Wall Street Journal, Nov. 22, 2021 4:45 pm ET


Gas prices at and over $5.00 per gallon at a Shell station in California, Nov, 17.

Launching a Federal Trade Commission investigation of oil companies for collusion has long been the go-to response by politicians eager to shift the blame for higher gasoline prices away from their own misguided energy policies (“Biden’s Gas Price Diversion,” Review & Outlook, Nov. 18).

Most branded retail gas stations aren’t owned by Big Oil; they are owned and operated by independent franchisees, who set prices themselves. Those prices are set partly in response to wholesale prices, which again are not set by Big Oil, but by supply-and-demand conditions faced by independent wholesale “jobbers.”

Full article at https://www.wsj.com/articles/gas-prices-ethanol-biden-ftc-big-oil-production-pipeline-11637359621

3.15 to 3.48 here. Average is around 3.30