Jackass Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Sunday was made by NBC’s Kristen Welker to watch a March clip of himself predicting sub-$3/gallon gas by the summer on the exact same show, leading him to sheepishly walk back his ability to predict anything. “Look, I can’t predict the price of energy in the short or even medium term, but what we’re doing is ending a 47 year conflict,” Wright then said when asked if Americans should be prepared for $5+ a gallon.
Other douchebag Kevin Hassett had an easier time on a platform where he won’t have to return in a month or two to be called out on his call that “oil prices could drop relatively quickly and certainly ahead of the election” since that’s actually what matters rather than just having cheaper gas.
And finally here’s the Orange Overlord himself with far right freak Sharyl Attkisson…