House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik of New York and her GOP colleagues blasted the congresswoman’s Democratic leadership counterpart over his recent comments on high gas prices not coming up during House Democrat caucus meetings.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York told reporters at a Tuesday press conference that the issue of skyrocketing gas prices “hasn’t come up” during his party’s caucus meetings.
“That issue hasn’t come up,” Jeffries responded to a reporter’s question on what the Democrats are saying on the issue as prices rise due to the war in Ukraine.”But I think increasing the global oil supply, at the moment, to the extent that there are implications, particularly for Europe, which is more heavily reliant upon Russian oil than we are here in the United States of America,” Jeffries continued. “You know, it’s an important discussion.”
Stefanik told Fox News Digital in a statement that gas prices “are at an all-time high because of Joe Biden and House Democrats’ war on American energy.”
“Americans across the country are feeling this pain daily. Hakeem Jeffries’ comments that this issue didn’t even come up during today’s House Democrats caucus meeting shows how out of touch they are with the crises facing the American people,” the GOP congresswoman continued.
