Energy Secretary Chris Wright branded Gavin Newsom ”ignorant” for blaming the spike in gas prices on Donald Trump and the conflict in Iran, adding the state has “strangled its own oil and gas production.”
Energy secretary tears Gavin Newsom apart for stream of ‘ignorant’ comments on gas prices
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March 17, 2026
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