Republican Senator John Thune remarked that Joe Biden is to blame for rising gas prices and uses Vladimir Putin as another excuse to escape blame.
He spoke to the press and said the president should stop passing accountability and admit he cannot do his job. Since President Biden took office on January 20, all the blame fell on others except himself.
Biden Shuts Down Pipeline Projects in the US
Last Wednesday, Sen. Thune, R-S.D., informed Newsmax that President Joe Biden, not Russian President Vladimir Putin and his intention to invade Ukraine, is to blame for high fuel costs.
When Biden took office, it commenced closing down energy development in the United States and raising costs. Making it difficult to participate in and harness the vast energy supplies we have right here in the US, reports Prime News.
It robbed us of our energy independence, forcing us to rely on other countries across the world, especially unreliable countries, to satisfy our energy demands once more.
It's ridiculous now since Biden shuttered the Keystone XL Pipeline that supplied natural gas and oil from Canada to the United States when he took office in January 2021 as one of his first acts.
Ironically the Republican senator said after permitting the Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to continue ahead, enabling Russia to provide energy to European countries and rising fuel prices. The bloc refused to place penalties on the pipelines as Russia initiated a military build-up on the Ukrainian border.
Russian Fuel Supply To Provide Energy
In reaction to the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US president wants to shut down the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. He even pronounced that the pipeline would not happen in an address. It will be a conduit for as much as 98% of natural gas needs for European nations like Germany and Finland, per Newsmax.
Recently, the White House press secretary Jen Psaki informed that a response was planned for what happened in Ukraine if Biden assumes that Russia does invade and how it will affect the US.
She said we've been in contact with allies and suppliers on the global stage for weeks, preparing for several effects on natural gas and oil prices stated by the market, whether in anticipation of an incursion or as a result of an assault. They will still be discussing these actions and what the president decides on.
Sen. Thune injected that the fuel increase problem is in the US not caused by Russia, and the White House does not intend to take responsibility.
A cost of 40% increase for fuel is due to the high demands caused by the pandemic, and there is a more sinister cause which is due to president Biden.
The Democrats are forcing green energy even if it will hurt the country by causing energy dependence on other sources. He chose to sideline the oil industry to push a version of energy that America does not need.
Reflecting how families are pained by rising fuel prices and the president who is now blaming Putin for one of his terrible decisions, stated Republican Senator Thune in a press release.
