{"id":1256080,"date":"2022-01-30T12:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1256080"},"modified":"2022-01-30T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T17:23:24","slug":"senator-barrasso-biden-has-enabled-putins-military-aggression-by-funding-his-energy-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-barrasso-biden-has-enabled-putins-military-aggression-by-funding-his-energy-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Barrasso: Biden Has Enabled Putin\u2019s Military Aggression By Funding His Energy Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fsenator-barrasso-biden-has-enabled-putins-military-aggression-by-funding-his-energy-efforts%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=1256080&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--><p>Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, slammed President Joe Biden during an interview on Sunday morning for his weakness in dealing with Russian aggression in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Barrasso\u2019s remarks come as U.S. officials believe that Russia may launch an invasion into Ukraine at any time as they have amassed approximately 100,000 soldiers near the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to sanction Russia before an invasion, not afterwards,\u201d Barrasso told Fox News. \u201cAnd here\u2019s the reason, let\u2019s put this into perspective, Vladimir Putin is like the big bad wolf. He is huffing and he is puffing, and he has the capacity, basically to blow Ukraine down. He\u2019s accountable to no one. And he views our President Joe Biden as weak and ineffective. We need to put in sanctions now so Putin will see just what pain he will suffer if he does invade, and they have to hit him militarily, as well as economically. From a military standpoint, we need to make sure now that Ukraine has all the weapons that they need to defend themselves. We know what they\u2019ve asked for anti tank, anti aircraft instruments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest sledgehammer we have, of course, is energy and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but this is the area, Maria, that Joe Biden has been the weakest because he has already approved that pipeline months ago,\u201d Barrasso continued, later adding, \u201cGermany\u2019s saying they\u2019re delaying the approval of the pipeline for the next six months, I want to permanently stop that pipeline. You know that Vladimir Putin very effectively uses energy as a weapon. He uses it against other countries, he uses it to fund his military. And Joe Biden has played right into his hands by killing the Keystone XL pipeline in this country, and making it harder for us to use the energy we have in America right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrasso concluded by saying that Americans having to pay high prices for energy has been \u201ca jackpot for Vladimir Putin who\u2019s using all of this extra money as his cash cow to fund his aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, we were energy dominant before Joe Biden became president, now we\u2019re energy dependent,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd what you\u2019ve seen in the last year is Biden has had to go to OPEC plus Russia, to ask for more energy. So this is the money that\u2019s funding their efforts. We are right now in the United States, using twice as much imported crude oil from Russia than we were a year ago. We are much better internationally if we are selling our energy to our friends than if we have to buy it from our enemies and this White House does not seem to believe it or acknowledge it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need to sanction Russia BEFORE an invasion not afterwards. Putin is like the big bad wolf. He is huffing and he is puffing and he has the capacity to blow Ukraine down. He is accountable to no one and views <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> Joe Biden as weak and ineffective. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pdAfB3WLLK\">pic.twitter.com\/pdAfB3WLLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnBarrasso\/status\/1487830039244779528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX NEWS HOST: My next guest is working on that bipartisan sanctions package. Wyoming Senator John Barrasso is here, the third ranking member in the Senate and the ranking member on the Senate Energy Committee. Senator, it\u2019s great to see you this morning. Thanks so much for being here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. JOHN BARRASSO (R-WY): Great to be with you, Maria.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARTIROMO: Can you walk us through what this sanctions package looks like that you and your colleagues are working on on a bipartisan level? When would you expect this to come to the Senate floor for a vote?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: Yes, Maria, we need to sanction Russia before an invasion, not afterwards. And here\u2019s the reason, let\u2019s put this into perspective, Vladimir Putin is like the big bad wolf. He is huffing and he is puffing, and he has the capacity, basically to blow Ukraine down. He\u2019s accountable to no one. And he views our President Joe Biden as weak and ineffective. We need to put in sanctions now so Putin will see just what pain he will suffer if he does invade, and they have to hit him militarily, as well as economically. From a military standpoint, we need to make sure now that Ukraine has all the weapons that they need to defend themselves. We know what they\u2019ve asked for anti tank, anti aircraft instruments. We also need to put into place financial issues which will hit Ukraine now, specifically interfering with their ability to transact international business in dollars. Now, the biggest sledgehammer we have, of course, is energy and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but this is the area, Maria, that Joe Biden has been the weakest because he has already approved that pipeline months ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARTIROMO: Well, I mean, that was my next question. You know,<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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