Posted on 03/08/2022 8:15:09 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
President Biden and congressional Democrats united Tuesday behind a ban on Russian oil and natural gas imports, embracing a politically risky strategy that is expected to drive up already-rising fuel prices while seeking to pin the blame for Americans’ pain at the pump on Vladimir Putin.
In a speech announcing the ban, Biden acknowledged it would probably result in more expensive gas for consumers in the United States, a potentially perilous admission for a president who has been scrambling to head off Republican attacks over the rising cost of groceries, rent and other items.
Biden frequently named the Russian president as he explained his decision. “Putin’s war is already hurting American families at the gas pump,” he said. “Since Putin began his military buildup on Ukrainian borders — just since then — the price of the gas at the pump in America went up 75 cents. And with this action, it’s going to go up further. I’m going to do everything I can to minimize Putin’s price hike here at home.”
Biden’s directive quickly sharpened battle lines ahead of the November midterms. Many Republicans also embraced the ban on Russian oil, which the White House hoped would make it harder for them to attack Biden. But GOP leaders quickly noted that gas prices were climbing even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and they blamed Biden’s limits on domestic oil production for exacerbating the shortfall.
“Don’t be fooled,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. “This was more than a year in the making.”
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
I watched the 2018 Fl. Gov. debate between DeSantis and Gillium. A very close race. The black pervert had no business being there but DeSantis had to be on his best game to beat him. It’s what we’re up against. I’d be ok if we had to move on from Trump with this guy. Much more polished. It will happen only if Trump declines to run. DeSantis will not be able to wait. We’ll need him and so will the country.
Right up there with “I’m going to shut down the virus.”
What a shallow, incompetent gasbag.
Saudi Arabia, not Iran
It’s the morally right thing to do. Charge $100 a gallon for evil gas. and if you need to go to work you can walk. It’s free./s
Look at the SOTU. He decided to re-fund the police after polls and increased crime wasn’t going over well. I have to wonder if he will flip-flop again.
There’s nothing complex about it.
Oil is a commodity. A worldwide commodity.
Democrats continue to increase the influence that dictatorships and theocracies have in the pricing of that worldwide commodity.
By removing production from Western democracies they reduce our ability to influence the price while increasing the ability of dictatorships in theocracies to influence the price.
Biden is a bottom feeding puss. He can bring the gas prices back down by tearing up every piece of paper his Snowflakes and Princesses had him sign since he took office. Let’s Go Brandon! You friggin’ retard.>>> Obama is loving it. Jarret calls the shots. He could do it while in office but he can now.
Never underestimate the stupidity of your average American.
They also wanted their college loans cancelled.
Can anything ever be Biden’s fault?
You know that blame only flows in one direction in D.C. and the MSM. Bush 43's second term was nothing but daily reports on how GWB was to blame for Hurricane Katrina and for the high gasoline prices.
The gasoline price reports vanished after the 2008 election, like magic.
This ain’t gonna work, Nancy. Gasoline prices were skyrocketing BEFORE Dementia-Joe cut off Russian oil. These people are incredibly stupid.
How about some kind of billboard fund to put up signs like:
Cancel pipelines
Stop leases
Blackball fracking
What could go wrong?
Well chickens do have lips.
I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. The Compost must be worried out of their socks!
Usually, they are the propaganda arm of the DNC. Not this time.
WOW, Just WOW
Well chickens do have lips.
I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. The Compost must be worried out of their socks!
Usually, they are the propaganda arm of the DNC. Not this time.
WOW, Just WOW
In 1994, Newt Gingrich’s historic “Contract With America” wasn’t rolled out until late September.
By 2036 you will not own your electric automobile and you will like it. -— WEF
“During our administration in the recovery act, I was...able to bring down the cost of renewable energy to cheaper than or as cheap as coal, and gas, and oil. Nobody’s going to build another coal-fired power plant in America. No one’s going to build another oil-fired plant in America. They’re going to move to renewable energy.”
Candidate Joe Biden, Presidential Campaign Debate 09/29/21
https://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/september-29-2020-debate-transcript/
That’s a bold strategy Cotton. Let’s see how that works out for them.
The Democrats are going to get Donkey Punched in November.
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