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GOP Sen. Ernst: ‘We Need to Cut Off Russian Energy Sources’
breitbart.com ^ | 2/28/2022 | Trent Baker

Posted on 02/28/2022 10:29:28 AM PST by rktman

Sunday on FNC’s “Fox News Live,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) emphasized the importance of doing everything possible to “allow the Ukrainians freedom and democracy.”

Ernst called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression “absolutely unacceptable.” She added that the United States needs to do more to provide lethal aid to the Ukrainians,” including cutting off Russia’s energy sources.

“[T]his is heartbreaking, Bret,” Ernst said in response to Putin ordering his country’s nuclear forces to be on high alert. “And as I’ve asked point to many viewers before, I spent some time in Ukraine while it was part of the Soviet Union in 1989. And what I learned from the Ukrainians at that point was that they wanted to be free; that remains true today. Ukrainians want to be free.”

“And what we see, this aggression shown by Russia, by Vladimir Putin — it is absolutely unacceptable, and it should be unacceptable across the world stage,” she continued. “We have to do more to provide lethal aid to the Ukrainians. We need to cut off Russian energy sources, we need to become energy independent, and we need to make sure we are doing absolutely everything we can to allow the Ukrainians freedom and democracy.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ernst; nooil
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To: spacejunkie2001

Sorry, I meant Ethanol SUBSIDIES not production.


41 posted on 02/28/2022 10:59:06 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: joethedrummer

It’s not about our pockets but it is certainly about THEIR pockets.


42 posted on 02/28/2022 11:00:06 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: megaMAGA

Seems to me, when the Soviet Union folded that in exchange for Russian nukes Ukrainian independence was declared and guaranteed by the US and Russia. Seems like Russia is faltering despite this guys analysis. Chechen troops were brought in? Why? The Ukrainians bloodied their nose and killed their commander. The Wagner group has been brought in. There is evidence of very poor planning. I think some of his analysis is correct.


43 posted on 02/28/2022 11:03:03 AM PST by carcraft (Pray for our Country)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I totally agree with that.


44 posted on 02/28/2022 11:03:40 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: Little Ray

Somebody is paying Joni to say that and isn’t us taxpayers.


45 posted on 02/28/2022 11:06:28 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: rktman
GOP Sen. Ernst: ‘We Need to Cut Off Russian Energy Sources’

Then stop buying it. Corporations buy the Russian oil not the government.

46 posted on 02/28/2022 11:07:59 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: rktman

All of these financial bullets are hitting good Russian people who are not complicit in Putin’s idiotic invasion anymore than good Americans are complicit in Biden’s idiotic actions.


47 posted on 02/28/2022 11:08:20 AM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: rktman

Better yet, Joni, before we cut off the Russian Energy, why don’t you talk to your friend Joe Biden and get the XL pipeline going again.


48 posted on 02/28/2022 11:08:36 AM PST by Mashood
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To: Nextrush; abbastanza; UMCRevMom@aol.com; hadaclueonce; cuz1961; nascarnation

I got it wrong.
Apparently she meant “Stop buying Russian Energy.”
Which is still a silly idea until we’re energy independent again (more nukes, more drilling, more pipelines), but makes more sense.


49 posted on 02/28/2022 11:12:04 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: no-to-illegals

Because honest folk have instinctual disgust towards anything Modern day fedzilla


50 posted on 02/28/2022 11:14:55 AM PST by SPDSHDW (You get what you let occur with no resistance. Everything Joepedo n' felons do is on your head.)
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To: rktman

She’s a Republican?

A stalwart defender of Personal Liberty?


51 posted on 02/28/2022 11:17:23 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: woodbutcher1963

Oddly enough it’s easy to buy non-alcoholic gasoline in I-Owe-Wah.

Casey’s....


52 posted on 02/28/2022 11:21:42 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

She is a Bush League Republican, stalwart defender of the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA)


53 posted on 02/28/2022 11:23:10 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: rktman

So now wars are fought by cancellation?

It’s good to be the official canceler.


54 posted on 02/28/2022 11:28:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Paladin2

Yeah, of course she is. Not as bad as some obviously.


55 posted on 02/28/2022 11:32:16 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Little Ray

Yup, Russia is the energy source!


56 posted on 02/28/2022 11:36:09 AM PST by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things!)
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To: Little Ray

” We need to cut off Russian energy sources, we need to become energy independent,”

Joni, you forgot the word AGAIN.


57 posted on 02/28/2022 11:38:32 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Little Ray

You admit you were wrong.
I admire that.
OBiden will not admit he was wrong.
President OBiden, there is an iceberg.


58 posted on 02/28/2022 11:42:25 AM PST by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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To: rktman

This from one of our 100 brain trust leaders in the Senate.


59 posted on 02/28/2022 11:48:54 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: rktman

OH like we did to OUR Oil supply line here?-)

Laugh, Cry who the hell knows what to do or think anymore!-)


60 posted on 02/28/2022 11:56:17 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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