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House GOP leader: Oil from Iran, Venezuela to offset Russia would just pay other dictators
https://www.msn.com ^ | Mar 9 2022 | Krystal Hur

Posted on 03/09/2022 1:59:19 PM PST by Beowulf9

The U.S. needs to boost oil production to replace banned Russian crude instead of possibly looking to Iran or Venezuela, Rep. Kevin McCarthy told CNBC Wednesday. "Why would you take the billions of dollars you provide to [Russian president Vladmir Putin] and just give it to another dictator?," the House GOP leader said. McCarthy also suggested the U.S. could and should become a top global supplier of oil.

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The U.S. needs to boost oil production to replace banned Russian crude instead of possibly looking to Iran or Venezuela, which are also run by dictators, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told CNBC on Wednesday.

"Why would you take the billions of dollars you provide to [Russian President Vladimir Putin] and just give it to another dictator that funds terrorism around the world with Iran and Venezuela?" McCarthy said on "Squawk Box."

"[President Joe Biden] said at the State of the Union, 'buy America.' I believe he probably thought that, but no American energy," McCarthy added, referring to Biden's statement in his State of the Union address that led to rousing chants of U-S-A.

1 posted on 03/09/2022 1:59:19 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Strange that low IQ Joe has not figured that out,,,,,time to retire or resign now.


2 posted on 03/09/2022 2:02:20 PM PST by chopperk
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To: Beowulf9

President Retard would buy oil from a terrorist before a Texan 🤪

He needs to be dumped


3 posted on 03/09/2022 2:02:25 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Beowulf9

I think the government should check with the refiners. I doubt the refineries, which were retooled to take the light, sweet fracked oil, can still handle the more tar-like Venezuelan oil.


4 posted on 03/09/2022 2:03:23 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry.)
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To: Beowulf9
...would just pay other dictators

Who the totalitarian democRATs admire.

5 posted on 03/09/2022 2:04:32 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Beowulf9

Good point. The world is full of leaders who don’t share our values. Biden is one of them.


6 posted on 03/09/2022 2:08:04 PM PST by plain talk
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If the plan is to support various dictatorships in order to speed up the dictatorship plans for US, everything makes sense.

If Mr Thompson (Atlas Shrugged) is running the US, the nihilists’ actions will result in speeding up the the complete collapse of the US.

If the only sensible voice is Kevin McCarthy's, either scenario above will proceed as planned or unplanned. And all of this wouldn’t have happened had Trump not been deposed thanks to McCarthy and McConnell.

7 posted on 03/09/2022 2:13:52 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the gov out of medicine, education and forest!)
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Mexico is cutting off their oil to the US, too.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=727&t=6
The top five source countries of U.S. gross petroleum imports in 2021
Canada - 51%
Mexico - 8%
Russia - 8%
Saudi Arabia - 5%
Columbia - 2%


8 posted on 03/09/2022 2:15:19 PM PST by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Beowulf9
Yeah, but at least no Mean Tweets err, prison sentences for corruption and treason for you RINOs, eh Kevin?
9 posted on 03/09/2022 2:15:50 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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Blah blah blah. We buy from China everyday. Nobody cares.


10 posted on 03/09/2022 2:42:01 PM PST by Theoria
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To: bgill

At least 2 on that list are dictatorships. Canada and Saudi Arabia


11 posted on 03/09/2022 3:02:09 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Beowulf9

We seem to have our own dick-tater right here.


12 posted on 03/09/2022 3:31:54 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Beowulf9

This is what both parties preferred than to allow us to re-elect Trump and keep our country.


13 posted on 03/09/2022 7:45:39 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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All that would happen is that those dictators would use the money to buy Russian weapons.


14 posted on 03/11/2022 8:51:20 AM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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