Trump Witness TORCHED under CROSS-EXAM at Hearing

Do you love inflation? >> Uh. I love ending Iran's ability to have a. nuclear weapon. I think that's. existential for our. >> not my question. Do you love inflation, yes or no? >> I love ending Iran's. >> That is not my question. Do you love. inflation, yes or no? >> No, I would prefer lower inflation. >> This was one of the most impressive. cross-examinations I have ever seen in. Congress and in my career as a former.

litigator. Democratic Congresswoman. Emilia Sykes cross-examining Donald. Trump's energy secretary Chris Wright. using Donald Trump's words and she was. asking Secretary Wright short, direct. questions and confronting Secretary. Wright with Donald Trump's statements. that he had recently made. So, let me. show you the full exchange right here as. Congresswoman Emilia Sykes said, "So, do.

you love inflation the way Donald Trump. loves inflation? Do you have anything to. say about Donald Trump claiming that. we've taken a hundred million barrels. from the Iranians of oil? Are you aware. of that? Oh, so you're talking casually. about war? You think it's a funny thing. when the commander-in-chief. like Donald Trump right now is talking. casually about war? This is all a joke. to you?

I want you to watch right here this. exchange. Watch every second of it and. share this with everyone you know and. hit subscribe on our YouTube channel. Let's play it. >> Uh thank you to the witness for being. here. I I I will say. uh your expertise is energy and I would. hope that you would not invoke the words. of Dr. Martin Luther King without. adequate context because quite frankly, that is not your expertise. But, since. you want to talk about people. unqualified in meritocracies, let's talk.

about President Trump. Do you feel like. your positions and policy statements are. in line with President Trump? >> Yes, I hope so. >> Do you love inflation? >> Uh. I love ending Iran's ability to have a. nuclear weapon. I think that's. existential for us. >> not my question. Do you love inflation, yes or no? >> I love ending Iran's. >> That is not my question. Do you love.

inflation, yes or no? >> No, I would prefer lower inflation. >> You would prefer low inflation. Do you. know that your boss, essentially. President Trump, just stated that he. loved inflation? >> He's a entertaining, hyperbolic guy. who's done tremendous leadership, and on. balance is driving inflation down. >> like you were unaware that the President. Trump just mentioned that he loved on. inflation, and I certainly don't want to. get you in trouble with your boss, but. it sounds like you don't love inflation, but he does. But, let me ask you this.

other question. Are you aware that the. United States was taking millions of. barrels of ga- gasoline. uh from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz? >> Uh we are preventing the flow of Iranian. oil through the Strait of Hormuz. >> not the question that I just asked you. Were you aware that the United States. has been taking millions of gallons. of oil from the Strait of Hormuz? >> Just not sure taking's the right word. We're preventing the flow of it. >> thank you. Mr. Chair, if I may, can I. play some audio from some comments that.

President Trump made in the Oval Office? Okay. >> No, I love it. The numbers look great. >> I don't think we we've heard it. >> I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know, I can say it now, something you didn't know. Do you know. we've been taking out. >> Let's suspend uh, suspend that place. >> Nobody knows it. You know who doesn't. know about it? Iran, until right now. >> Uh, Mr. Secretary, it seems like you.

didn't know about this either. So, why. would the United States be taking out. millions of barrels of oil from Iran? >> Well, it's essential that we prevent oil. sales from generating revenue for Iran. to to spend to develop nuclear weapons. and oppress the. >> I understand this might be an. uncomfortable line of questioning and. you don't want to do it, but you are not. answering my question. So, I'm going to. ask you again and I'm going to hope that. you will enter answer it honestly. Did. you know that the United States was. taking millions of gallons of oil from. Iran?

>> Um, I'm unaware. >> So, do you think that the president is. lying based on the audio that you just. heard? And I will send it to you in case. you say you didn't hear it. >> Oh, no, I do not think the president's. lying. I think the president's talking. casually about our efforts to stop the. flow of Iranian oil and. >> casual? Do you think that it is. appropriate to talk casual casually. about war? >> I think you talk to all different. audiences and you talk in all different. styles. But I I I don't I don't have any. serious objection to what he said. >> You don't have any serious objection for.

someone talking about war casually. Do you have that objection? There are 13. service people who are dead. There are. hundreds more that are injured, but you. we should be talking about war casually. >> He treats this war deadly serious and he. has worked tirelessly on this war. monitoring. >> you just said that he was a he was. speaking casually about this. He was It. is inappropriate. >> a day. He speaks 20 hours a day in. different styles for different. audiences. >> He is the president of the United States. of America. He is the commander of chief.

who is responsible for 13 service. members who have died and hundreds more. who are injured. So, you mean to say to. me, testifying in front of this. committee in the United States House of. Representatives, that it is appropriate. for the commander of chief to talk about. war casually. >> He speaks candidly, openly, and. honestly. I think all of America. benefits from that. >> Well, I appreciate your attempt to. protect your boss and to keep your job, but let me be very clear with you. It is. not appropriate to talk about war.

casually. He is clearly keeping you in. the dark about what he is doing in Iran, and now you are sitting here in this. committee unaware that the president. just made an announcement about millions. of barrels that they have taken from. Iran and stated in that very, very. clearly. People don't know, but now we. get to know it, but unfortunately, he. sent you here and you didn't know it. What is your response to that? >> I'm very proud to serve with President. Trump. He's been tremendous leadership. in a time of great stress right now. I'm.

proud of what he's doing. Proud to be. part of the team. >> Well, I I would not be proud if my boss. sent me up uh. Shit's Creek and left me here in a. committee without adequate information. and speaking casually about war. That is. a horrible place to be in, and I'm so. sorry that you have to deal with that in. this committee. >> expired. Your time has expired. Your. time has expired. I'd also. >> Then you had other Democratic. congressmen also doing some great. cross-examination. like Congressman Subramanian. Watch his. cross-examination right here, showing.

that Secretary Wright is just a total. liar. Let's play it. >> Um but um you tweeted in March that uh. the US Navy had successfully escorted. oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. to ensure oil remains flowing to the. global markets. Was that true? >> No. That That That was an error. It was. It was not tweeted by me, but it was by. my team that misunderstood something I. said, but I take responsibility for it. >> What did you say to the team that that. they misunderstood? >> I gave a talk and and and.

in Colorado about the state of energy. and what was going on in the Strait of. Hormuz. I said we will restore flows of. oil to the Strait of Hormuz using US. Navy if necessary. >> Makes an honest mistake. But the reason. I bring that up is because yesterday you. just said that the Strait of Hormuz. traffic was rising very meaningfully. Uh. is that true and what does meaningfully. mean to you? >> Uh that that is true. Um. we are we are uh. not talking overly about it, but this is. using the US military to increase flows.

of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz and. uh things are going well. >> I'd like to talk a little bit more. detailed about it, at least more than. the word meaningfully. Like what what do. you what would you consider meaningful? Like are we are we talking about many. ships or are we talking about one ship? Um cuz the I'm a Port Watch seems to. indicate that it hasn't actually. increased meaningfully. >> That that would be incorrect. That data. would be incorrect. >> Okay, so you have uh meaningful you have. data that shows that there's been a. significant increase in the number of. ships going through the Strait of Hormuz.

that would supply uh the the rest of the. world with oil. >> That's correct. >> And these are not Iranian ships. These. are These are ships that would supply us. and our allies with oil. And but you can't go into detail about. exactly how many or uh what meaningfully. means. Is that correct? >> That's correct. >> Okay. And then. >> Then we heard from Democratic. Congressman Whitesides cross-examining. Chris Wright and showing that Chris. Wright doesn't know the most basic stuff. about energy.

He's the energy secretary and he doesn't. even know the most basic facts about. solar, about wind. He just spews MAGA. talking points. Let's play it. >> So you. the problem of of hydrogen hubs in. California is expensive electricity to. go into them. The proposal was to use. renewable electricity on the grid to. create. >> Which which is the cheapest form of. energy now, technically. Sunshine. daylight sunshine is the cheapest form.

of energy available to humans, a word. that you like using a lot today. And. that is an incontrovertible fact, Mr. Secretary. >> I- I- Is it a fact? >> It is true. You are the. The truth is that the cheapest form on a. per unit basis right now is daytime. solar. Is that not true? >> It depends how you do it. It doesn't. depend. But it is true. It It is not. The utilization is too low for it. You. can't deploy capital and only have 24%. utilization. >> You are amazingly misleading the.

American public. The cheapest form of. energy right now is daytime solar on a. per unit basis. >> It all depends how you measure it. It. does not depend. >> Mr. Secretary, let's look at the structural. reality of the current conflict in Iran. And I'm really disappointed with your. answer because that is not true. And I I. depend on you for facts. And you are a. factual person. >> You have to define the question. >> time. It is a The war in Iran has. >> And then Secretary Wright continued to. crash out. And he started to curse. Even.

the MAGA Republican chair of this. committee had to say, "Watch your. language there. Watch your language. right here in our committee.". He was cross-examination by Congress. member Ammo. And he just lost it. Watch him become. unglued. Let's play it. >> DOE over their partisan award. terminations. And in the litigation you. said, quote, "A primary reason for the. selection of which DOE grant termination. decisions were included in the October. 2025 notice tranche was whether the.

grantee was. located in a blue state." That is a. direct quote. I ask unanimous consent to. enter this document into the record? >> So, order. >> The court rightfully found that you. violated the Constitution. The only. meaningful difference between the seven. projects that won in court and the. hundreds of others you terminated is. that those plaintiffs sued. So, Secretary Wright, my question is simple. When will you restore the funding for. all the projects that were wrongfully. terminated? >> So, number one,

you even read the document or. misinterpreted the document. We did not. involve politics in the decision-making. of our review process. >> Hands down playing 95% secretary. >> Did not you also were creative you you. touched on two different 95%. We did not. involve politics in the decisions. >> What What about the outcomes Mr. Secretary? >> A choice of announcements of some of the. awards. The choice of the announcements. not made by our department. No decisions.

No decisions were made on politics. I. keep hearing that charge. It's. >> Mr. Secretary. >> Not true. >> I've got I've got a point of. parliamentary procedure. Can you. Oh, are we permitting language like that. from witnesses? >> Uh watch your language here Mr. Secretary, but let's keep this civil. please. >> Mr. Secretary, here's the problem with. your administration. You're willing to huff and puff when it. comes to.

showing up in front of Congress when. your audience of one is paying. attention. But the fact of the matter is. my constituents and the constituents of. people across this Congress are. struggling because of your decisions and. yet you want to use language like that, act out of hand, behave poorly so you. can prove that you have loyalty to the. president. That's not how this works. Do. your job. Do your job and work to lower. costs for the American people. Instead, you want to pick at at statistics.

instead of working for people in every. single state whether it's a blue state. or a red state. So my question for you. as my time is is rapidly expiring, when. will you restore these grants? >> We work every day for We've gone. overboard for New England, for. California, for blue states. >> That's not an answer. I'm reclaiming my. time. Mr. Secretary, I'm reclaiming my. time. That's not an answer. Do you. believe the federal grant decisions. should be based in any way on how a. state's voters cast their ballots in the. presidential election. >> They shouldn't and they weren't.

>> Mr. Secretary, this hearing started with. Trump's promise to lower energy costs. Instead, you've blowviated. We've got to. end this nonsense. >> Then we saw some cross-examination. by Congressmember Menfee and again Chris. Wright just providing blatantly false. data and information. Let's play it. >> Go from last year when you testified. before the House Committee on. Corporations saying the DOE Secretary. lied to Congress, House Dems allege. I. know that you've accused multiple.

members of this committee of being. untruthful. So, I want to make sure. today that we're dealing in facts when. we have this conversation. Do you. remember in 2025 making a statement. saying you hear all the time in the news. that tornadoes are getting worse and. hurricanes are worse and floods and. droughts and storms, they're more. frequent and larger in magnitude, but. that is simply untrue. Did you say that, Mr. Secretary? >> Uh I'm sure I did. >> Okay, and so it's your argument that. hurricanes and floods in this country. and across the globe are not getting. worse. >> That's correct. That's what the data.

shows. >> But study after study has shown that. human-caused ocean warming has. intensified all 11 Atlantic hurricanes. in 2024. Climate change made Hurricane. Milton hit as a category 3 instead of a. category 2. I'm from Houston, Texas and. I can walk you through where we've had. 500-year storm after storm after storm. in the past 7 years. As the Secretary of. Energy, you're telling me today that you. don't believe that hurricanes and floods. are getting worse in this country. >> They They They They just simply aren't. I published that data in stuff written. by me. It's in the Intergovernmental.

Panel on Climate Change reports. Look at. the US hurricane data. We have 125 years. of data, no increase in hurricanes, no. increase in the average intensity of. hurricanes. What you're talking about is. these attribution studies which are just. non-scientific. They These are things that could happen. >> Well, I I want to extend a personal. invite to you to come down to Houston, Texas and to tell the families of the. folks who are victims of Hurricane. Harvey and the other major storms where. flooding hit Houston in a way they had. never hit it before that these floods.

and hurricanes are not getting worse. >> And let me show you just a slightly. longer version of another exchange. between Congressman Amo. and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Let's. play it. >> I will rapidly drive down uh prices and. we will make America affordable again. We're going to get your energy prices. down by 50%. Secretary Wright, has Donald Trump fulfilled his promise? >> He sets ambitious targets and he is all.

in on driving in that direction and the. the the number of structural changes. he's made in how we view energy and what. we're doing will absolutely over time. deliver that goal. >> Okay, so that the the answer is is no. >> Not yet. >> And and you know, well you can waffle. you want, but the American people know. the truth. Uh they can feel it in the. wallet every time they fill up at the. gas pump, every time their energy bills. come in the mail. Look, Rhode Islanders, the people I work for, have spent an. additional $288. on heating oil and extra $350 at the gas.

pump since Trump launched his war of. choice with Iran. And I know this might. sound strange to someone who has made. tens of millions of dollars in oil and. gas, but my constituents cannot afford. $638. of a Trump surcharge to heat their homes. and to drive their cars. So sec. >> Well, there you have it. I told you. That was some very impressive. cross-examination right there and I say. this as a former litigator. who sat next to and watched some of the. best litigators cross-examine witnesses.

That right there was real impressive. stuff. I think other members of. Congress, senators, they really should. be watching Congresswoman Sykes. cross-examine there. and learning from it. Short questions, reclaim your time, get answers, try to. make it yes or no, do not let the. witness ramble. It was really perfectly. handled. And again, that should be. taught. What you saw there at the.

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