{"id":1050013,"date":"2021-11-23T21:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T02:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1050013"},"modified":"2021-11-23T21:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T02:58:55","slug":"hypocrisy-kamala-harris-slammed-trump-for-refilling-oil-reserves-that-joe-biden-just-drained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-kamala-harris-slammed-trump-for-refilling-oil-reserves-that-joe-biden-just-drained\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypocrisy: Kamala Harris Slammed Trump for Refilling Oil Reserves that Joe Biden Just Drained"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhypocrisy-kamala-harris-slammed-trump-for-refilling-oil-reserves-that-joe-biden-just-drained%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1050013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kamala-1-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s hypocrisy was on display Tuesday as President Joe Biden raided oil reserves despite her having slammed then-President Donald Trump in 2020 for refilling them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely unacceptable that Trump is prioritizing bailing out Big Oil companies while dragging his feet to support millions of unemployed people, workers, small businesses, and state and local governments,\u201d Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vp\/status\/1257125614194176002?lang=de\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;in 2020 during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Trump refilled the oil reserves <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/10\/11\/gas-prices-triple-crude-oil-above-80-supply-shortage-4-dollars-per-gallon\/\">during<\/a> the pandemic when prices were three times less than Tuesday\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">prices<\/a> of&nbsp;$3.403, according to the AAA. The low prices were threatening American producers\u2019 ability to compete with the deep pockets of OPEC, which have no interest in competing with American oil producers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7464788732394\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The market was unimpressed by the release of 50 million barrels. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/guvhcczf5p\">https:\/\/t.co\/guvhcczf5p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1463172916129021963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOnce this straightens out, and once you get some demand and then you\u2019re gonna reduce the supply a little bit it\u2019ll equalize and be great again,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/04\/24\/donald-trump-we-will-make-the-energy-business-great-again\/\">said<\/a> in April of 2020. \u201cWe want to remain independent.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, however, the Biden-Harris administration announced they would drain the reserves that Trump refilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to address another challenge that families are facing, and the one I think they\u2019re most focused on right now: high gas prices,\u201d Biden said during his live remarks.&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m announcing that the largest ever release from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve to help provide the supply we need as we recover from this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3177570093458\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden would release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ccd123teG3\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ccd123teG3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1463160514398334978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The hypocrisy caught the attention of&nbsp;House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1463218607685570560?s=20\">highlighted<\/a> Harris\u2019s duplicity of raiding&nbsp;oil reserves&nbsp;that Trump refilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVice President Kamala Harris opposed President Trump\u2019s decision to fill America\u2019s Strategic Petroleum Reserve\u2014the very reserve that President Biden is exploiting for political convenience today,\u201d McCarthy tweeted. \u201cUtter hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.244897959184\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vice President Kamala Harris opposed President Trump\u2019s decision to fill America\u2019s Strategic Petroleum Reserve\u2014the very reserve that President Biden is exploiting for political convenience today. <\/p>\n<p>Utter hypocrisy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g3jaO6HCNQ\">pic.twitter.com\/g3jaO6HCNQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1463218607685570560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris administration has sought to destroy American energy independence during the supply chain crisis. In January, the administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-pipeline-canada-environment-and-nature-141eabd7cca6449dfbd2dab8165812f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">canceled<\/a>&nbsp;the Keystone Pipeline and is currently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/08\/report-biden-harris-admin-considers-closing-second-pipeline-as-gas-prices-soar\/\">determining<\/a>&nbsp;whether to shut down another pipeline in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>And instead of taking responsibility for the raging oil prices during the supply chain crisis, produced in large part by Democrat unemployment payments, the administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/joe-biden-energy-oil-companies-investigation\/\">accused<\/a> oil companies of earning record-high profits. On Wednesday, Biden asked the&nbsp;Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate oil companies for \u201canti-competitive behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore ask that the Commission further examine what is happening with oil and gas markets, and that you bring all of the Commission\u2019s tools to bear if you uncover any wrongdoing,\u201d Biden pleaded.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s hypocrisy was on display Tuesday as President Joe Biden raided oil reserves despite her having slammed then-President Donald Trump in 2020 for refilling them. \u201cAbsolutely unacceptable &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}