Sen. Joe Manchin is (thankfully) pointing out the obvious to President Joe Biden and other green-energy supporting Dems and calling on the administration to “reverse oil and gas restrictions after [the] Ukraine invasion” as well as an end to imports of “Russian oil & export to NATO.”
“We’re buying 650,000 barrels a day from Russia. It’s ridiculous. Totally ridiculous,” he right said:
Manchin told me he’s told the administration he wants Biden to reverse oil and gas restrictions after Ukraine invasion to end imports of Russian oil & export to NATO:
“We’re buying 650,000 barrels a day from Russia. It’s ridiculous. Totally ridiculous.”https://t.co/Crc0OcdJyK
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 1, 2022
“He’s right”:
He's right. https://t.co/3WqpKQAjQl
— Avi Woolf, Wilderness Conservative🐺 (@AviWoolf) March 1, 2022
Manchin also wants “to hear from Biden tomorrow about a plan to stem inflation, energy, and the war”:
Manchin said he wants to hear from Biden tomorrow about a plan to stem inflation, energy, and the war. Many (all?) Rs agree with Manchin.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 1, 2022
That *should* be the message:
50+1 = 51. And Manchin might not be the only D…
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 1, 2022
There will be pushback from Dems, however:
“The United States *exports* over 2.5 million barrels of crude oil every day. We export natural gas, too, more than anyone else. We don’t need to produce more of either. We need to use less. If @Sen_JoeManchin wants to do that, he can call @JohnKerry & @AOC, they’ve got ideas”:
The United States *exports* over 2.5 million barrels of crude oil every day. We export natural gas, too, more than anyone else.
We don't need to produce more of either. We need to use less. If @Sen_JoeManchin wants to do that, he can call @JohnKerry & @AOC, they've got ideas. https://t.co/SnrXQnXtcs pic.twitter.com/tJleTVdhgg
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) March 1, 2022
It’s listening to people like AOC and John Kerry that got Europe into this mess in the first place. For example, here’s John Kerry saying out loud that he hopes to work with Vladimir Putin in the future on climate and that he hopes the carbo footprint of the invasion is kept to a minimum:
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on BBC Arabic: The Ukraine Crisis Could Distract the World from the Climate Crisis While Having Massive Emissions Consequences #RussiaUkraineConflict #UkraineRussie #UkraineRussiaCrisis #ClimateCrisis @JohnKerry @ClimateEnvoy pic.twitter.com/nsOC1iZeGm
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) February 24, 2022
Full statement from Sen. Manchin via Fox New’s Chad Pergram:
“While Americans decry what is happening in Ukraine, the United States continues to allow the import of more than half a million barrels per day of crude oil and other petroleum products from Russia during this time of war. This makes no sense at all and represents a clear and present danger to our nation’s energy security. The United States can and must ramp up domestic energy production. If there was ever a time to be energy independent, it is now. I am calling on the Administration and industry partners to take action immediately, up to and including banning crude oil imports from Russia. To continue to rely on Russian energy as they attack Ukraine is senseless.”
A) Manchin: While Americans decry what is happening in Ukraine, the United States continues to allow the import of more than half a million barrels per day of crude oil and other petroleum products from Russia during this time of war.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 1, 2022
B) Manchin: This makes no sense at all and represents a clear and present danger to our nation’s energy security. The United States can and must ramp up domestic energy production
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 1, 2022
C) Manchin: If there was ever a time to be energy independent, it is now. I am calling on the Administration and industry partners to take action immediately, up to and including banning crude oil imports from Russia.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 1, 2022
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Not a parody, part 2: John Kerry warns of the carbon footprint of Russia's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/BMIke1yBAK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 24, 2022
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