Trump Interior Sec. Doug Burgum downplayed warnings from oil and gas executives and the American Petroleum Institute that gas prices are about to soar even higher just as the summer travel season begins, before blaming the rising price of gas in California on Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Burgum made an appearance on this Friday’s The Story with Martha MacCallum, and here’s the exchange between Burgum and guest host Aishah Hasnie, where Burgum tried to portray people like American Petroleum Institute CEO Mike Sommers as just a “pundit,” before pretending the price of gas increasing in California had nothing at all to do with Israel and Trump’s attack on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz being closed.
HASNIE: Let me bring this up to you. This is a Washington Post report where they spoke to some industry executives, and this was an interesting part that I want you to respond to. They said: “Industry officials say they are doing everything they can to sound an alarm that prices are about to soar, as the commercial and government inventories that have mitigated price rises so far are rapidly depleting. Some inventories could be wiped out within weeks, the executives have warned, coinciding with the peak summer travel season.”
How would you respond to those industry executives, sir?