On 7/18/2022, Peter Doocy grilled Karine Jean-Pierre and she could barely defend Joe Biden. “But, so, ultimately, we get back from this trip. There’s no new peace talks in the Middle East. There’s no new commitment to increase oil production in the Gulf. So, what was the point of this trip?” Peter Doocy asked KJP. Karine Jean-Pierre responded with a word salad. Peter Doocy pushed back on Karine Jean-Pierre. “Why not insist on a commitment, though? He gets back without a commitment and the price of oil per barrel shot up? Is that what the President wanted? To go there and have the price of oil more expensive?” Doocy said. “We have seen gas prices go down in the past 34 straight days.” Karine Jean-Pierre said.

“Aren’t they still $2 per gallon higher than when you took office though?” Doocy said. Karine Jean-Pierre had no answer when confronted with the fact gas remains $2 a gallon higher than when President Joe Biden took office. Jean-Pierre responded by blaming Russia: “First of all, we have to look at how we got there…the war that Russia …” The White House noted that gasoline prices had dropped nearly 50 cents per gallon over the last thirty days. Officials say the drop is the result of Biden’s decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and engage U.S. allies to pump more oil.

Jean-Pierre took a victory lap on gas, even though it remains $2 per gallon higher than when President Joe Biden took office, during the White House press briefing. Asked when the supply of formula “will start to normalize,” Jean-Pierre read a prepared response from her binder.

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Doocy: what was the point of this trip? WH take victory lap on gas prices, still blames Russia double standard.