For 6 Months Biden Has Shut Down U.S. Oil Production, Now He Begs OPEC to Pump More Oil

There’s hypocrisy, there’s double speak, there’s stupid decisions based on politics…. and then there’s this level of Biden hypocrisy and stupidity that cannot be adequately encapsulated.   President Trump’s energy production policy made the U.S.A. energy independent.  We were actually exporting oil and gas to other nations.

However, in the previous six months Joe Biden has:  (1) Shut down oil and energy development in ANWAR {LINK} which would increase use of the Alaska pipeline. (2) Blocked the Keystone Pipeline from completion {LINK} (3) Banned energy development on federal lands {LINK}. (4) Shut down the sale of energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico {LINK}. and (5) Blocked energy development in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Alabama {LINK}  … As a direct and immediate consequence, gas and fuel prices have skyrocketed.  The price of Unleaded Regular Gasoline is now up over 60% from 2020.  Now THIS:

The price of gasoline is directly attributable to Joe Biden policy in his war against oil.  However, now that Americans are being crushed with massive prices for gasoline; and Biden is getting massive heat for his ridiculous position; this insufferable administration has the absolute nerve to ask Russia and mid-east oil producers, OPEC, to increase their production. {LINK}  You cannot make this up… 

Joe Biden Begs and Pleads for Help 

as Gas Price Backlash Builds

Bonchie reporting for RedState

Joe Biden’s tenure truly is Barack Obama’s third term, and perhaps no issue makes that clearer than how gas prices are being handled.

Upon taking office, Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, taking with it 11,000 or so high-paying jobs. Other actions dealing with federal leases and permits to drill, including in ANWR, also put a crunch on domestic oil production. Now, middle America is reaping the whirlwind, with gas prices shooting through the roof.

Here was Biden’s commentary on that yesterday.

Think about the absurdity on display in that statement. Am I supposed to be comforted that gas prices are not quite as high as they were at their all-time high? Besides, isn’t it relevant that Biden was in power (as Obama’s VP) the last time gas prices went this crazy? There would seem to be a common denominator in all this, though, the president obviously doesn’t want you to notice it.

As prices continue to climb, a sane reaction would be for the White House to reverse course on their destructive policies which caused the problem in the first place. Unfortunately, we are getting this instead.

Everything that’s old is truly new again. The United States, which sits on some of the largest oil reserves in existence, is back to begging a third-world cartel to pump oil for us. Welcome back to the glorious days of 2009.

What’s so frustrating about this is that nothing that is being done by the administration actually makes any sense. Drilling by oil companies in the United States is meticulous. When they leave, you are barely even able to tell they were there. They abide by some of the strictest, most expensive regulations on the books. Claims of grave environmental concerns just don’t pass muster, and if the goal is to move to renewables, doesn’t it make sense to use the oil we have in the ground?

Yet, Biden remains completely beholden to irrational left-wing forces within his administration, and that’s especially true regarding energy policy. Part of that is him being senile, but the other part of it is him being a coward who doesn’t want to take any heat. He ran as a “moderate” who would be pragmatic. Instead, he’s governed as Obama on steroids.

The backlash among the electorate is building, and OPEC isn’t going to save Democrats. Many Americans are realizing that leadership does actually matter and that a lack of mean tweets doesn’t pay the bills. Faux decorum doesn’t add up to much when inflation is draining your bank account. Couple this with Biden’s refusal to reverse course at the border as well, and you can see why predictions of a red wave in 2022 are becoming more common.