Senator Joe Manchin says President Joe Biden is not helping the commitment to sanction by still getting Russia oil imports, calling him hypocritical.
All the tough talk about Putin is moot since money is still paid that does not provide a solution. This sore point was pointed out by the senator from Virginia, who prevented the implementation of the Build Back Better bill.
Russian Oil Import Must Stop in This Time of War
Despite the debatable claims of the president, he still says the formidable sanctions are effective as a deterrent against Russia with its offensive going on in Ukraine. His address on Tuesday night got claps, but the Democratic lawmaker from Virginia saw the gaping hole ignored by everyone else, according to The Blaze.
Biden is convinced he's got the answer, but Manchin and other detractors think he's not up to the job.
Moderate Senator Manchin (W.Va.), a prominent Democrat, asks why oil is bought from Russia when according to him, it does not seem right, but the president is okay with it.
He suggests it should stop, and not getting any oil will hurt Moscow, but their energy exports are vital. It is a good time to return to energy independence cut short by Biden by shutting US energy is ill-advised and foolish.
The Democrat senator Joe Manchin spoke to Bloomberg and said the US produces cleaner energy compared to Russian oil imports. Ironically, about 650,000 barrels of oil are purchased from Russia daily that he called utterly foolish.
He is the Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee that deals in this aspect of energy production in the US. A statement issued on Twitter took a critical swipe at the Biden administration and its confusing energy policy.
The US is against Vladimir Putin using the resource as leverage to get what he wants from the EU and shuts down the gas to threaten the bloc; if it fits his ends.
How can the United States be against the Ukraine incursion when the US buys the crude it needs and more than 500,000 barrels. During this conflict, it seems so inappropriate.
Reliance on outer sources and not concentrating on developing US energy independence is a mistake, not depending on Russia and compound problems with energy security. The Biden administration reversed Trump's policies, placing the US in a pinch.
Sen. Manchin argued that the US does not need help to produce cleaner energy compared to other sources. It makes no sense to buy under these circumstances.
US Oil Dependence Fuels the Russian War Machine
Moscow gets its funds from oil and natural gas, allowing the Russian army to continue its military campaign to free Donbas and Lugansk by taking out Kyiv.
The ex-Soviet Union is built on this precious resource that gives it influence that should have been targeted from day one, so the question remains why Biden does not stop oil imports in the first place.
Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau has not bought gas from Russia for years, and it made a difference.
Sen. Joe Manchin railing against Joe Biden getting Russian oil imports makes sense in stopping Putin in Ukraine, but the White House has not commented.
