Doocy Grills Psaki on ‘Putin Price Hike’ Line: Are You Going to Blame Him for ‘Everything?’

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is facing questions about the administration’s strategy of placing blame for recent gas price hikes on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Fox News’ Peter Doocy pointed out President Joe Biden’s statement on the February inflation report where he placed some blame for the price increase on Putin.

“Inflation goes up today. The president’s statement blames the ‘Putin price hike,'” he said on Thursday. “Are you guys just going to start blaming Putin for everything until the midterms?”

Psaki responded, “We’ve seen the price of gas go up at least 75 cents since President Putin lined up troops on the border of Ukraine.”

However, the Fox reporter noted, “Last month, the statement didn’t mention the ‘Putin price hike.’ It mentioned inflation because of the pandemic. Why’s that?”

“The last two years, there was a global pandemic,” Psaki began. “Everyone who’s a global economist have all agreed that has been the biggest contributor to date of inflation because of the impact on the supply chain. Obviously, global events impact the economy, the global economy, as well as global inflation.”

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On Thursday, the Labor Department released the data for inflation in February, which showed that prices increased at their highest pace since Jan. 1982.