Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy absolutely hates when good news arrives for President Joe Biden and the administration, as proved today when he whined that the president had been “bragging” on falling gas prices earlier in the day.
Specifically, the president noted:
“You know, we’ve seen some progress. Gas prices are coming down. They’re down almost a dollar a gallon where—from where they were just a month ago.”
That led Doocy to ask White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre:
“Why is the president bragging today about gas prices?”
The press secretary responded:
“Because it’s gone down.”
Doocy:
“It’s still $1.72 higher than when he took office.”
Jean-Pierre:
“It is come down in a way that we haven’t seen–its trajectory coming down in over a decade.”
The Fox reporter continued to press:
“So, over $4 a gallon, is that good?”
Jean-Pierre:
“You want to talk to a nurse or a teacher or a firefighter if having that little bit of breathing room doesn’t matter to them?”
Still trying to provoke Jean-Pierre, Doocy asked:
“Are nurses and teachers and firefighters saying, ‘Gas prices are only $4.11?'”
That’s when Jean-Pierre shut down Doocy with facts:
“I’m saying that even that little bit of breathing room matters to families, especially during the summer when people are traveling, when people are trying to do what they can for their families.”
She then added:
“To say that the changes, the drop that we have seen at the pump per gallon does not matter, I think that is wrong. I think that is not true and I think that does give a little bit of space and breathing room for families and is important.”