Republicans knocked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday for laughing when asked about the 'Granholm plan to increase oil production' in response to rising gas prices.
'That is hilarious,' Granholm told Bloomberg's Tom Keene. 'Would that I had the magic wand on this.'
Granholm went on to explain that the higher gas prices are thanks to OPEC.
Republicans knocked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday for laughing when asked about the 'Granholm plan to increase oil production' in response to rising gas prices
The Republican National Committee shared the clip of Granholm (right) speaking with Bloomberg's Tom Keene (left)
'As you know, of course, oil is a global market,' she said. 'It is controlled by a cartel. That cartel is called OPEC, and they made a decision yesterday that they were not going to increase beyond what they were already planning.'
Republicans have hammered President Joe Biden's administration for not increasing domestic oil production to deal with the pain at the pump.
In August, 24 GOP senators signed on to a letter chiding Biden for calling on OPEC to increase gas production, while jeopardizing the domestic oil and gas agenda with his green climate agenda.
'Your Administration's domestic oil and gas development policies are hurting American consumers and workers, are contrary to an 'America First' energy agenda, and reinforce a reliance on foreign oil,' the letter said. 'For example, you have rejoined America into the radical, job-killing Paris Climate Agreement, cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline and its associated 10,000 jobs, imposed an apparently indefinite pause on oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands and waters, including suspending drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and proposed increasing taxes on those engaged in oil and gas development.'
