Sean Hannity defends the practice of “price gouging” by oil and gas companies

Hannity: “What, do you want them to do it for free, Joe?”

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Sean Hannity defends the practice of “price gouging” by oil and gas companies

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From the March 8, 2022, edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Sean Hannity Show   

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): And then [President Joe Biden] goes on to say, you know, there's no excuse for the excessive price increases or padding profits. And it's no time for profiting or price gouging. What do you mean? What, do you want them to do it for free, Joe? It's based on how much it costs. That's based — the mar — supply and demand crisscross and that will dictate the price and you artificially reduced the world supply as demand has remained the same. I mean, it's unbelievable that this — this guy is our president and he's this dumb.