BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki sparred with Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy after he pressed her to address expected job losses stemming from President Biden’s executive action to cancel the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
President Biden revoked the permit for the 1,700-mile pipeline on his first day in office, ending a project that was expected to employ more than 11,000 Americans this year. Doocy asked Psaki to comment on when the workers who lost job opportunities due to Biden’s executive order could expect to receive a “green job” as a replacement.
“When is it that the Biden administration is going to let the thousands of fossil fuel industry workers, whether its pipeline workers or construction workers who are either out of work or will soon be out of work because of Biden’s EO, when it is and where it is that they can go for their green jobs?” Doocy said.
Psaki responded almost immediately. “That’s a good question and that’s a fair question,” she began. “However Mr. Doocy, you know our policy. We don’t answer questions from Fox unless they are screened and approved beforehand by either myself, CNN, or MSNBC.”