Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears slammed President Joe Biden's attempts to blame energy prices on Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, saying "the American people aren’t stupid" and aren't falling for it.
"They know that prices were rising from the day that he started," Sears told the Washington Examiner after speaking at an event at American University in Washington, D.C., hosted by the AU College Republicans and the AU Network of Enlightened Women.
"We were a net exporter of energy before he came into office, and he changed all that. So this is pretty much squarely on his shoulders and the shoulders of Democrats.”
Of the president's response to rampant inflation, Sears told the Washington Examiner, "We ought to continue to drill," adding that "he should open the Keystone Pipeline."
BIDEN RELEASING NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF US OIL RESERVES TO COMBAT INFLATION
The lieutentant governor praised the president for news that he is releasing one-third of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve but said, "We should’ve replenished it when President Trump wanted to do so."
She further decried "onerous" regulations that she says prevent companies with current leases from drilling to their full potential. "So, to tell us that the businesses should act on the leases that they already have is stupid, and it’s disingenuous at the same time," Sears continued.
Sears lamented, "When President Trump had wanted to shore up our reserves and they said, 'no,' Democrats said, 'no,'" as Virginians now feel the pressure of inflation and rising gas prices.
Senior Biden administration officials briefed reporters Thursday morning about the decision to tap oil reserves amid inflation. The president will elaborate further on the action at a Thursday afternoon briefing.
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According to the officials, 1 million barrels per day of oil will be released for the next six months, and the revenue from the sales will allow the Department of Energy to restock future reserves.
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