As Twitchy reported earlier, White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged Fox News’ Peter Doocy and his question about whether shutting down another pipeline was under consideration until she couldn’t deny it anymore. “Yes, we are,” Jean-Pierre eventually admitted after Doocy asked, “Is the administration studying the impact of shutting down the Line 5?”
We’ve all know how extreme the Democrats’ attitudes toward ending fossil fuel use are from watching the primary debates, back when they were all talking about banning fracking and insisting climate change was the top priority of the country. Rep. Dan Crenshaw was watching those debates, too, and brought them up in response to Fox News’ story on the possibility of another pipeline shutting down.
No one should be surprised that Joe Biden is about to shut down another pipeline as winter approaches.
These people believe the world is going to end unless we abolish fossil fuels. Making it impossible to use oil and gas for energy is part of the plan.
THREAD https://t.co/Yoa47We97Z
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
Remember, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris *campaigned* on destroying the oil and gas industry.
When asked whether he would be willing to displace hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers to pursue his climate agenda, then-candidate Joe Biden said, “The answer is yes.”
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
Kamala Harris — a Green New Deal co-sponsor — said “there is no question I am in favor of banning fracking,” during a town hall.https://t.co/laSEW2Hhop
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
And in the final debate before the election, Biden said unequivocally, “I would transition away from the oil industry, yes.”https://t.co/viffZJsNSR
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
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So none of this should be a surprise.
On his first day in office, President Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline, killing thousands of union jobs and the first-of-its-kind net-zero emissions pipeline in the process.https://t.co/lxX1GK6bpk
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
Shortly after that, President Biden banned new oil and gas leases on federal land. This would be devastating to American jobs and forces the world to rely on energy from polluters rather than cleaner American energy.https://t.co/NzMbSNDv75
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
How devastating for American jobs?
“A drilling ban on federal lands and waters could cost the oil and gas industry up to 1 million jobs nationally by 2022, including 120,000 jobs in Texas.”https://t.co/a9LmZT2I0p
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
And most recently, Joe Biden launched another attack on American natural gas with absurd regulations on methane.https://t.co/YyI3ZfGmT4
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
Remember – Russian natural gas has 41% higher emissions than American LNG. Restricting our supply will just force global natural gas demand to be met by Russia instead.
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
And what happens now that Joe Biden has gone to war with the American energy industry in the midst of a spike in energy demand?
“Rather than let American oil producers step up to the plate, the president is calling on our nation’s adversaries.”https://t.co/VjaHLILsY5
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
Everything we’re experiencing – gas price hikes, energy shortages, unaffordable electricity bills – is a direct result of Biden’s anti-science, anti-American attack on our energy industry.
This is what happens when the radical environmentalist doctrine controls the White House.
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) November 8, 2021
People knew what they were voting for when they voted for it — it certainly was no secret.
But at least he’s making Jimmy Carter look phenomenal!
— c e (@cheteasterwood) November 8, 2021
Related:
WH deputy spox denies Peter Doocy’s pipeline question as long as possible until no longer able to do so https://t.co/KKQAAtGhaw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 8, 2021
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