'What a joke'! Sen. Josh Hawley calls BS on Energy Secretary Granholm's under oath testimony on gas prices

Doug P. | 1:18 PM on May 19, 2022

President Biden’s Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, testified before a Senate committee today, and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley came away from it with an assumption:

I’m starting to think Democrats want gas to be $6 a gallon

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 19, 2022

Judging from this administration’s responses (or lack thereof) they wouldn’t mind if it was $10 a gallon. Granholm naturally denied that this administration did anything to cause gas prices to rise rapidly:

Biden’s Energy Secretary just told me, under oath, that Biden’s anti-American energy policies have had NO effect on the price of gas. NONE. What a joke

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 19, 2022

What did this administration do that could have caused gas prices to go up? Sen. Hawley counts just a few of the ways:

Let’s review. Upon taking office, Biden canceled Keystone, halted oil & gas leases, imposed new regulations on energy production, and cut off support for fossil fuels. But @SecGranholm says: no effect on gas prices

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 19, 2022

Here’s an exchange Hawley had with Granholm:

Missourians are paying $4.10 a gallon for gas and ⁦⁦@SecGranholm⁩ takes ZERO responsibility – and has zero plan pic.twitter.com/doBTAeDs3O

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 19, 2022

At least Granholm didn’t laugh hysterically as she did after being asked what the Biden admin’s doing to lower gas prices.

Here’s a longer clip of Granholm again refusing to admit the Biden administration accepts any responsibility, but we’re used to that: