President Trump signs an executive order to directing the Pentagon to buy power from coal plants in January 2026. – via WH photoSusan Kokinda from Promethean Action released an amazing video on Monday discussing Trump’s fake news White House ban, the Democrat created energy crisis, and the importance of this year’s midterm elections.The video is filled with history and facts – something you rarely, if ever, see coming from the mainstream fake news these days.During one segment, she discusses the Democrat-generated energy crisis in the US today.It’s NOT President Trump who created this crisis. It’s NOT the war with the Iranian mullahs. It’s NOT Trump’s energy policies.It’s years of failed Democrat policies to flatline American energy production. (See list below!)Here is Susan Kokinda:Susan Kokinda: It’s true, diesel is more than $6 a gallon. That number is real, it hurts, and it’s okay to be angry about it. But here’s what it isn’t. It isn’t proof that Trump’s policies or the Iran War broke the economy. And it doesn’t matter how many influencers or campaign ads try to tell you that. Here’s what’s actually happening. Diesel prices are high because of decades of green and free trade policies that have left us vulnerable to world diesel prices.Yes, we do produce more energy than ever before, and our refineries are working at 98% capacity. But why is there no surge capacity when, say, Zelensky hits Russian refineries and knocks out a large part of the world’s diesel production because of 30 years of zero-growth policies that Bertrand Russell and the empire have convinced us is normal. But if you watch the Trump administration instead of listening to the noise, you can hear them explaining the policy and how they are reversing it.Start with J.D. Vance. Last week, he described what’s happened to U.S. energy production over the recent decades.“Look at China, and compare it to the amount of power generated by the United States of America, in 2005, they crossed the line, meaning they started to generate just a little bit more power than we did in 2005. Since then, we have effectively flatlined, and the PRC now generates 3 times as much electricity as the United States of America does. I think that a lot of our problems are downstream of that fundamental problem.”In other words, shortage was the policy. Energy Secretary Chris Wright drilled down on who shrank our supply.“Well, it’s a little rich to hear that from Democrats. President Biden celebrated shutting down oil and gas production, closing refineries. Gavin Newsom has closed 2 large refineries in California over the last 12 months. That’s how you drive up energy prices permanently.”And then Wright drove home the human cost of expensive and intermittent energy supplies. He said high prices hammer low-income families, and unstable delivery kills people, like it did in the Texas freeze back during the Biden presidency. And then, in closing remarks to the G20 Energy Conference, Wright raised the global stakes. He pointed out that 2 billion people still cook by burning wood and dung, and this causes 2 to 3 million preventable deaths per year. Deliberately. Not because the technology doesn’t exist, but because policy has decided that certain people don’t get it. That’s scarcity dressed up as an accident of geography. And that accident of geography is what Dr. Oz addressed in the Oval Office this week.But the life expectancy in rural America is almost 3 years shorter Than urban America. Your zip code should not be your destiny.Only a fool would believe that Democrats have a solution for US energy production or an energy plan for the future.They are the ones shutting it all down. It’s all so obvious!Promethean Action went scorched earth on Democrats with their latest video.Watch here and enjoy!We asked Grok to list ways Democrat policies increased energy prices.Here is what Grok listed.Federal legislation and executive actionsInflation Reduction Act (2022): Passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by President Biden. It created a methane “waste emissions charge” on large oil-and-gas facilities that exceed intensity thresholds ($900–$1,500 per metric ton) and raised royalty rates and fees on new federal oil and gas leases. Industry groups argued the fee and higher royalties raise production costs that can flow through to natural-gas and electricity prices. EPA’s own analysis estimated only a 0.01–0.04 percent rise in natural-gas prices in the first few years. Multiple modeling studies (Resources for the Future, DOE, Brookings) project the law’s renewable tax credits would reduce national average retail electricity prices 5–8 percent over a decade because wind and solar have near-zero fuel costs. Electricity rates still rose after 2022 for other reasons (inflation, natural-gas prices, demand growth). Pause on new federal oil-and-gas leasing and cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline (2021 executive actions): Biden’s first-week orders paused new onshore and offshore lease sales and revoked the Keystone XL permit. The leasing pause was blocked by a federal court within months; production from existing leases continued and U.S. crude output later set records. Keystone XL was not operating and was not scheduled to start until 2023; State Department reviews under both Obama and Trump concluded it would have had little effect on U.S. gasoline prices. Fact-checkers and energy analysts generally describe both actions as having a negligible short-term impact on pump prices. Policy uncertainty can still slow investment at the margin. EPA methane standards and vehicle greenhouse-gas / CAFE rules: The Biden EPA tightened methane rules for oil and gas and issued the strongest-ever tailpipe standards for model years 2027–2032, designed to push more electric and hybrid vehicles. The methane rules add compliance costs for producers. The vehicle rules raise the sticker price of new cars in the near term while lowering lifetime fuel and maintenance costs according to EPA estimates. Repealing the standards, later analyses found, would increase long-run gasoline consumption and pump prices relative to the Biden baseline. State and regional policies concentrated in Democratic-led jurisdictionsBlue states with aggressive renewable-portfolio standards (RPS), 100 percent clean-energy mandates, and cap-and-trade programs consistently show higher-than-average electricity rates. Studies disagree on how much of the difference is caused by the mandates themselves versus other factors (wildfire costs in California, aging infrastructure, rooftop-solar cost-shifting, nuclear retirements).Renewable Portfolio Standards and 100 percent clean-energy laws: Enacted or strengthened in California, New York, New England, and other Democratic states. A University of Chicago study of the first wave of RPS programs found retail prices 11 percent higher after seven years and 17 percent higher after twelve years. Later Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory work found RPS compliance costs added roughly 0.25–1 cent per kWh in recent years, while utility-scale wind and solar outside mandates were associated with modestly lower prices. States with the most ambitious targets (California, New York, Massachusetts) have some of the highest residential rates in the country. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): A cap-and-trade program for power-plant CO₂ covering most Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, supported by Democratic governors. Allowance costs are passed through in wholesale power prices (recent estimates $8–12 per MWh). Revenues are often recycled into energy-efficiency programs and bill assistance that can offset part of the increase; net effects on household bills vary by how each state spends the money. Virginia’s planned re-entry in 2026 prompted utility filings projecting 6–7.5 percent rate increases before rebates. New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA, 2019): Passed by a Democratic legislature and signed by Governor Cuomo. It requires 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a zero-emission grid by 2040, plus economy-wide emissions cuts. State data show climate-related charges already adding $10–$16 per month to typical residential bills, with further increases projected. A 2026 NYSERDA memo estimated that implementing a cap-and-invest program to meet the targets could raise costs by thousands of dollars per household unless revenues are returned as rebates. Governor Hochul later sought to slow the timeline citing affordability. New York electricity prices are well above the national average. California climate package (AB 32, RPS expansions, EV mandates, gas-appliance restrictions): Democratic supermajorities have layered renewable mandates, cap-and-trade, and building electrification rules. Pacific Gas & Electric rates rose 127 percent over a decade; California residential electricity prices are roughly double the national average. Wildfire-liability costs and transmission upgrades for renewables are also passed to ratepayers.Of course, the list is much longer than this but you get the idea.Democrats have no solution or desire to reduce energy prices.The post Democrats Don’t Care About High Energy Prices and They Don’t Have Any Solutions – Because Democrats Created the High Energy Prices! (Video) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.