Biden WON'T ban Russian oil: Press kicked of Cabinet meeting during questions on Russian energy and Psaki snaps at reporters as Nancy Pelosi leads lawmakers urging White House to stop imports

UK Daily Mail ^ | 03/03/2022 | Morgan Phillips and Emily Goodin

[DFG]

The White House does not support a ban on Russian oil imports, according to press secretary Jen Psaki, despite even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joining in on the calls for the U.S. to cease buying Moscow's fuel.

'We don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy, and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the American people,' Psaki told reporters Thursday.

Asked what would need to happen 'on the ground' in Ukraine for the U.S. to stop buying Russian oil, the press secretary demurred.

'I don't know if we look at it exactly through that prism. Obviously we have not held back in taking significant, historic steps that are crippling the Russian economy right now,' she said.

'The factor that we're looking at here is the impact on the gas pump for Americans. Reduction in supply in the market place, reduction for global supply, would have an impact on raising prices. So that's the prism that w'ere looking at it through.'

Reporters shouted down President Biden on Thursday as he took part in a Cabinet meeting.

'Will you ban Russian oil?' a reporter asked as the press pool was ushered out of the meeting before the Cabinet began its discussion.

[HighSierra5]

They can only keep up this charade for so long.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Jen Psaki got angry? What is this world coming to?

[AppyPappy]

I think Russia just banned selling it to us. Biden will go to Putin begging. This could finally flip the narrative.

[Jim Robinson]

“and Psaki snaps at reporters as Nancy Pelosi leads lawmakers urging White House to stop imports”

Purse fight!

[Iowa Slim]

These people are a hot mess

[decal]

“We don’t have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy...”

Someone better tell Feels Up to rescind his EO from his VERY FIRST DAY IN OFFICE then.

[Red Badger]

'We don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy, and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the American people,' Psaki told reporters Thursday.

You didn't give a shiite about that when you cancelled pipelines and drilling leases...............

[cgbg]

“I think Russia just banned selling it to us.”

That headline did not match the actual text—and financial blogs are not buying it....so for now that is fake news.

[Be Free]

The administration’s position is indefensible. Their rationale is they don’t want to increase costs for the American consumer. My question is: “Why the change of heart?”. Their policies have already increased the cost of gas, oil, nat-gas, kerosene, & diesel by more than 1/3 in only 1-year. Why the reluctance now?

Further, this does absolutely nothing to improve the environment overall, and arguably can make it worse than if we drilled and fracked domestically. Minimally, foreign oil & gas needs to be transported to the USA - which has a huge carbon footprint. And that’s to say nothing of the environmental damage that result from other producers like Russia - which I guarantee are not as “sensitive” to such concerns as we are. So worse for the environment in extracting; worse in refining; and greater impacts and costs in getting it to US markets.

They are literally sacrificing Ukrainian lives on the altar of climate change. (!!!)

[PGR88]

Ukraine was always just a DC neocon and deep-state tool to poke and distract the Russians (and make a nice buck at the same time). The US deep state is willing to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian

Please everyone stop with the present BS about “democracy” or “supporting a free Ukraine.” Ukraine was not independent when it was Russian kleptocracy, and it is not independent as a US/NATO kleptocracy.

Its presently only in the process of switching back again.

[datura]

Diesel went up $0.40 last night here in Washington. Currently $4.49/gal.

The price of everything you buy in the store just went up to pay for our fuel.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Because the big guy gets 20 percent..and now they want to get more oil from IRAN..yep gonna beg Iran for more oil meanwhile what do they want in return

[1Old Pro]

'The factor that we're looking at here is the impact on the gas pump for Americans. Reduction in supply in the market place, reduction for global supply, would have an impact on raising prices. So that's the prism that we're looking at it through.'

Pretty soon the Amerian people are going to stick a new prism up her rear, one that can see increased domestic oil production.

[dsrtsage]

Psiki psaki is angry? I would be angry too if I was the worlds only unattractive female ginger

[1Old Pro]

It’s call pretzel logic, because you have to twist yourself into a pretzel to make their case.

[Long Jon No Silver]

Probably just bring Maduro in from the cold.

[kanawa]

“The White House does not support a ban on Russian oil imports”

WTF!

[A Navy Vet]

Damnit Jenat. Your weasel words are just stupid. Most people don't know what a prism is or that it separates white light into every color in the spectrum.

So which color are you looking at to fit your lame excuse? Give us a particular color or combination and explain why that color[s] is guiding your BS administration. What a load!

[DannyTN]

How much is that Hunter Biden laptop worth to you?

“If you don’t want to see your son Hunter all over the tabloids and the internet, you’ll keep buying our oil. And you wont dare interfere with our takeover of Ukraine.”