Posted on 05/28/2022 5:59:00 PM PDT by lightman
A top Republican said on Friday that President Joe Biden is raising gas prices on purpose.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) made the remarks when he was asked on Fox Business’s “Wall Street with Maria Bartiromo” to respond to Biden’s recent comments where he said raising gas prices is part of “an incredible transition.”
“I think that’s the main takeaway from his statement, that he is telling the American people they’re doing this to you on purpose, that the transition period is being imposed by policies coming from the Biden administration,” he said.
“This is a conscious effort by the Biden administration to destroy fossil fuel production in the United States, to get away from fossil fuels, and you’re living this experience. This is an irresponsible shutting down of oil and gas production in America, making us more dependent on oil and gas from bad actors, and it’s destroying the American economy,” he continued.
Biden characterized the soaring cost of gasoline in the United States as an “incredible transition” on Monday while taking questions from reporters during his trip to Japan.
“When it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,” he said alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The comment came as the national average cost of a gallon of gas sat at a record-high $4.596, with several states paying more than $6.00.
Biden went on to take credit for gas prices not being “even worse.”
“What I’ve been able to do to keep it from getting even worse—and it’s bad,” he said.
His comments were widely denounced by Republicans.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) criticized Biden for being “completely out of touch with everyday Americans.”
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel released a statement the following day blaming the Biden administration for the continually elevated cost of gas.
“Another day, another new record high gas price in Biden’s America,” the statement reads. “Joe Biden doesn’t care about the historic inflation and skyrocketing gas prices families are facing every day as a result of his failed agenda. The pain is the point for Biden and Democrats, and Americans will continue to suffer as long as Biden is in charge.”
Biden and other senior administration officials have continually blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the inflated gas prices. In response to the invasion on Feb. 24, the United States and many of its Western allies put a halt to all imports of Russian oil and gas.
While the cost of gas did spike dramatically after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, it had already been rising steadily throughout Biden’s first year in office. After the sanctions, the price leveled off before increasing to new record highs in recent weeks.
‘Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) made the remarks when he was asked on Fox Business’s “Wall Street with Maria Bartiromo” to respond to Biden’s recent comments where he said raising gas prices is part of “an incredible transition.”’
Didn’t Senator Graham say that Biden was the best person he knew, or some similar line of Bravo Sierra? Is that still the case?
Linda is sooo late and outta touch with reality.
I still can’t believe that Trump ever hangs out with him.
BiXiden’s handlers ARE doing it on purpose.
Don’t doubt it.
You are correct! I was referring to our so called elected Republican leaders. Almost all RINOs.
Linda is on top?
Tough to believe.
It might work in the big blue cities but it won’t play in Peoria and the red rest of “flyover” aka REAL America.
I’d be pissed if I still commuted every day.
There was also some Brandon staffer who said "the dirty little secret is that they can afford it," here "they" meaning "the American people."
Well no kidding, Dick Tracy!
How did you ever work that out?
The shadow current, and former, presidente (obama) publicly demanded $10 per gallon gas several years ago...
Now he has adjusted his goals as a result of inflation so far and we are headed for $15-$20 per gallon gas...
Fortunately, it appears that the GOP will be taking back the House and Senate in November, so we can look forward to endless promises, studies, self masturbation, and excuses while they accomplish the same results they accomplished as the last two times they held Congress...
Oh wait!
That was zero...
It’s punishment.
The democrats are deliberately punishing us for not electing her thighness cankles killery in 2016 and then openly rejecting their policies.
What is this marvelous Green Energy source politicians drool about but no one is able to tell us what it is.
I am quite sure that sooner or later the day will come when society can take advantage of Nuclear Fusion power, but until then we will have to rely on conventional sources like oil, coal, hydro electric as well as regular Nuclear power plants which depend on fission and not fusion.
Needless to say, wind turbines as well as solar panels add a nice touch and provide some additional sources of energy but it never can come up with the amount of power a growing society needs. I am still waiting for someone to come up and tell us what this mysterious energy source is going to be as we are supposed to GO GREEN and supposedly will replace all the carbon based resources we are using currently, as well as regular convectional nuclear power.
If by chance they are thinking about nuclear fusion as state earlier, sooner or later we most likely will have it but it will be quite a few more years down the road before we can take advantage of such properly functioning power plants. In the meantime we would do well to make the best of what we have and utilize it to the fullest, instead of foolishly refusing to use such sources and by doing so create nothing but havoc, hardship as well as the economy going to hell.
At he moment all that talk about GOING GREEN is nothing more, as Mike Adams bluntly pointed out in one of his articles…. The “Go green” cheer is really just a virtue signaling way to say, “Go F off and die.”
Ping
That Lindsay Graham is a smart feller. He just figured out what we all have known for a year or more.
He just came to his census.
Face it: Chairman Xoe HATES Americans.
Especially flyover country REAL Americans!
Agree. Most of House and Senate are illegitimate also, allowing it to happen.
i am sure when we can go a few years without affordable reliable energy while they work out the kinks in the new unaffordable unreliable green energy
Bo Bo Jivin is raising the cost of gasoline to prevent the voters from being able to get to the polls and make them have to request a whole crapload of mail in “ballots”.
LOL!! Thank you! I’m sure you don’t mind if I keep a copy.
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