Posted on 02/15/2020 8:20:40 AM PST by John Semmens
Last year, oil production on federally owned land topped one billion barrels. This is up by 29% over the peak quantity produced during any year of the Obama Administration. Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior Casey Hammond credited President Trump for the increase, saying that "opening up land that President Obama had put off limits has led to the United States becoming the world's foremost energy supplier. This has lowered prices, boosted our economy and weakened the oil cartel."
Former Vice-President Joe Biden pounced on this accomplishment, calling it "a wrong turn. We need to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. President Obama understood that in order to do this prices had to be high enough to deter people from consuming energy. The economic boom unleashed by Trump's policies on energy, taxes, and regulations have derailed the fundamental transformation Obama had in mind—less energy consumption, slower economic growth, and more modest standards of living for Americans."
"Trump has foolishly flaunted his America first agenda," Biden added. "This antagonizes other nations who were looking forward to the greater equality that President Obama had promised them. That's why we need a president like me to replace him. I am the guy who can take this country down a peg or two, reassure the rest of the world that we're just an average run-of-the-mill country so they have nothing to fear from us, and, thereby, promote more lasting peace."
In related news, Biden vowed "to put a stop to the extreme loss of ice in Antarctica by issuing an emergency Executive Order to begin immediate shipments of some of those giant fans like they have near Palm Springs to cool the place down. I will also authorize immediate entry into the United States for any Antarcticans whose igloos are destroyed by the melting ice."
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http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=391854.0
Former Vice-President Joe Biden pounced on this accomplishment, calling it "a wrong turn. We need to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. President Obama understood that in order to do this prices had to be high enough to deter people from consuming energy. The economic boom unleashed by Trump's policies on energy, taxes, and regulations have derailed the fundamental transformation Obama had in mind—less energy consumption, slower economic growth, and more modest standards of living for Americans." "Trump has foolishly flaunted his America first agenda," Biden added. "This antagonizes other nations who were looking forward to the greater equality that President Obama had promised them. That's why we need a president like me to replace him. I am the guy who can take this country down a peg or two, reassure the rest of the world that we're just an average run-of-the-mill country so they have nothing to fear from us, and, thereby, promote more lasting peace."
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