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White House backtracks after slamming pipeline reporting as 'inaccurate,' admits admin is weighing shutdown
Fox News ^ | November8,2021 | By Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 11/08/2021 12:28:09 PM PST by Hojczyk

Jean-Pierre made the comment during the White House daily press briefing in response to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, who asked why the Biden administration is "now considering shutting down the Line 5 pipeline from Canada to Michigan" while oil and gas prices continue to skyrocket.

"So, Peter, that is inaccurate," Jean-Pierre fired back. "That is not right. So any reporting indicating that some decision has been made, again, is not accurate."

"What’s inaccurate?" Doocy asked.

"The reporting about us wanting to shut down the Line 5," Jean-Pierre responded.

"I didn’t say ‘wanting,’" Doocy said. "I said, is it being studied right now? Is the administration studying the impact of shutting down the Line 5?

"Yes, we are. We are," Jean-Pierre replied. "I thought you were saying that we were going to shut it down, but that is not inaccurate. The Army Corps of Engineers is preparing an environmental impact to look through this."

Line 5 is part of a network that moves crude oil and other petroleum products from western Canada, transporting about 540,000 barrels per day. Petroleum is taken from the pipeline in Escanaba, Michigan.

Politico originally reported Sunday that the Biden administration was weighing the potential market consequences of shutting down the pipeline. The report has drawn criticism from Republican lawmakers in Congress, and more than a dozen sent a letter to Biden on Nov. 4 warning against such a move as gas prices surge 50%.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: biden; canada; communists; energy; escanaba; exactlyasplanned; gthbrandon; jeanpierre; jennifergranholm; jessicachasmar; line5; michigan; murderbyfreezing; nogenerators; obamarules; ohio; peterdoocyline5; pipeline; politico; pooppantspuppet; refineries; shutdown; thepooppantspuppet; utilities
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1 posted on 11/08/2021 12:28:09 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk
Biden/Harris = Most chaotic administration ever.
2 posted on 11/08/2021 12:29:51 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

WH: Don’t worry. We’re not DOING it. Just seeing what would happen IF we did it.


3 posted on 11/08/2021 12:32:42 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Hojczyk

Could Brandon please keep the lies straight, it gets confusing.


4 posted on 11/08/2021 12:33:41 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Hojczyk

They aren’t shutting it down, they are just not going to let anything flow thru it.


5 posted on 11/08/2021 12:35:24 PM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Hojczyk

The Marxist/Obama cabal that runs the corrupt, demented Biden is doubling down on its agenda. Whether it be open borders, huge cash settlements for migrants or destroying fossil fuel energy supplies, they are going all out regardless of political or monetary cost. Its now or never for them. In their mind they will do as much damage as possible to America while they have power. Biden himself is a clueless ,complete puppet.


6 posted on 11/08/2021 12:35:39 PM PST by allendale
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To: Hojczyk
Our Governess Gretchen Whitless tried to shut down Line 5, but was rebuffed by the Courts.

Now Governess Witless is attempting to get the current Energy Secretary, and our former Governess Laughing Jennifer Granholm, to do her dirty work for her.

7 posted on 11/08/2021 12:37:06 PM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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8 posted on 11/08/2021 12:38:02 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: rdl6989

I think it’s all arbitrary for a reason, They want to madden us and provoke us.

BIDEN: $450,000 to the immigrants!
BIDEN: $450,000 to the immigrants? That’s crazy! We’re not doing that.
BIDEN: Yeah, we’re doing it. $450,000 to the immigrants.

BIDEN: We’re shutting down the pipeline.
BIDEN: Shutting down the pipeline? That’s crazy! We’re not doing that.
BIDEN: Yeah, we’re doing it. Wear a sweater.

He’s whip-sawing us.


9 posted on 11/08/2021 12:38:24 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: Hojczyk

The Biden Admin plans to have everyone in a New Chinese Communist Party Electric car by Spring


10 posted on 11/08/2021 12:40:21 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Hojczyk

They can only dream about $10/gal gas which is on the way.


11 posted on 11/08/2021 12:42:04 PM PST by bray (Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
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To: Hojczyk

I’m at the point to let us crash and burn…this is what the TDS Americans wanted now they’ll get it! I’m ready and fed up with all this stupid crap!


12 posted on 11/08/2021 12:45:05 PM PST by mikelets456
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To: Hojczyk

Even Biden is having trouble believing that his puppeteers want him to do these things.

We are occupied by a hostile tyranny.

Biden is just a Quisling.


13 posted on 11/08/2021 12:45:44 PM PST by Westbrook
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To: Hojczyk

Peter Doocy is one of the only people allowed in that room who is doing their job even minimally. Even the most friendly of reporters should be asking questions like his.


14 posted on 11/08/2021 12:45:50 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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“Petroleum is taken from the pipeline in Escanaba, Michigan.”

Rapid River. Rapid River north from the intersection of US 2 and US 41. Just before you cross the Inman Creek Bridge.


15 posted on 11/08/2021 12:46:03 PM PST by crz
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s an anti- kinetic inaction.


16 posted on 11/08/2021 12:46:47 PM PST by _longranger81
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To: Hojczyk

The pipeline company has obtained the permits to bore under the straits to replace the old portion of line that is under the straits now.

The skank governor has been fighting it.


17 posted on 11/08/2021 12:48:29 PM PST by crz
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To: Tell It Right
WH: Don’t worry. We’re not DOING it. Just seeing what would happen IF we did it.

I wish they would have someone besides an environmental wacko study that.

18 posted on 11/08/2021 12:53:14 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: allendale
The Marxist/Obama cabal that runs the corrupt, demented Biden is doubling down on its agenda. Whether it be open borders, huge cash settlements for migrants or destroying fossil fuel energy supplies, they are going all out regardless of political or monetary cost. Its now or never for them. In their mind they will do as much damage as possible to America while they have power. Biden himself is a clueless ,complete puppet.

I'm with you. They hate the USA with an abiding passion and are going all-out to do as much harm to traditional America as they can. To help usher in their fascist and/or Marxist "utopia".
19 posted on 11/08/2021 1:01:39 PM PST by rockvillem
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To: bray

My 90oct Ethanol Free Premium, for my Jeep Grand Cherokee HEMI V8, has gone from $3.05/gal to $5.39/gal in 11mos.


20 posted on 11/08/2021 1:04:01 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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