{"id":1383759,"date":"2022-03-16T05:51:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1383759"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:05:59","slug":"curl-yes-joe-biden-really-did-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curl-yes-joe-biden-really-did-do-that\/","title":{"rendered":"CURL: Yes, Joe Biden Really DID Do That!"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fcurl-yes-joe-biden-really-did-do-that%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=1383759&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/sticker.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>When Joe Biden moved into the White House on January 20, 2021, a gallon of regular gasoline cost an average of $2.37.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s $4.34 and rising nearly every day \u2014 sometimes by double digits, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/charts\">gasbuddy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So of course the question on everyone\u2019s lips is \u2014 why?<\/p>\n<p>A whole bunch of Americans point their finger at one man \u2014 the president of the United States. And there are a lot of them, judging from all those little stickers on gas pumps that have a smiling Joe Biden pointing up saying, \u201cI did that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the White House says no, Joe didn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking other countries to think about maybe pumping more oil. Why not just do it here?\u201d Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki at a press briefing this week.<\/p>\n<p>As the carrot-topped pepperpot often does, Psaki lost her cool. \u201cLet me give you the facts here and I know they can be inconvenient but I think they\u2019re important in this moment,\u201d Psaki spat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been clear that the short-term supply must keep up with the demand here and around the world while we make the shift to a secure clean energy future. We are one of the largest producers with a strong domestic oil and gas industry. We have actually produced more oil, it is at record numbers and we will continue to produce more oil,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki also pointed at Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, despite the fact that the U.S. gets less than 8% of its gas from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is also true, is that because of the actions of President Putin, because he invaded a sovereign country that created instability in the markets, that is something the president talked about even before Russia and President Putin move forward with their actions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But many experts object to that version (although they\u2019re quite difficult to find in the mainstream media). And a slew of MSM headlines sound just like this one from The New York Times: \u201cRussia\u2019s War in Ukraine Raises Gas Prices and Unsettles Stocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, these are the unquestionable facts: Biden \u2014 pressured by the Left-wing of the Democratic Party \u2014 took numerous actions to shut down or stifle oil production in the U.S. from the very day he took office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of Biden\u2019s first actions after taking office was to halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, the Biden administration has delayed decisions on these leases \u2014 a move that results in higher energy costs for the most vulnerable consumers,\u201d Americans For Prosperity <a href=\"https:\/\/americansforprosperity.org\/biden-policies-raising-gas-prices\/\">wrote<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and New Mexico (despite opposition from the Navajo Nation). It also resurrected the \u2018Waters of the United States\u2019 rule, which would increase barriers to energy projects,\u201d the libertarian conservative political advocacy group said.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Biden says don\u2019t blame him. When asked last week about soaring prices and what he\u2019s doing to help, he said, \u201cCan\u2019t do much right now \u2026 Russia is responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only partly true. In April 2020, a barrel of oil cost $21.04. The price began rising after Biden won the election, and by the time he took office, a barrel cost $54.77. The price hit $71.05 this past January, and days before Russia invaded Ukraine, the price was $84.97. So a barrel had quadrupled since Donald Trump was president.<\/p>\n<p>A chart compiled by gasbuddy.com shows that less than two months after Biden took office, the average price had jumped from $2.37 to about $2.85. A gallon topped $3 in May 2021, then soared to $3.25 by October. At the end of the 2021, with the price nearing $3.50, Biden announced the U.S. Department of Energy will release 50 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).<\/p>\n<p>Every economist knows that such a move is a short-term fix that literally lasts just a couple of weeks. And it may be fair to say instability prompted by Russia\u2019s invasion could have pushed prices higher, but Biden had already failed for more than a year, and his early decisions on energy were the main driving forces for soaring pump prices.<\/p>\n<p>As if he could do any more wrong, the Biden administration has been forced to woo the despotic leaders of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela to beg for oil. Biden will soon travel to Saudi Arabia, where he\u2019ll no doubt bow heavily as he pleads for sheiks to open up the oil spigots.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the president and his administration pointing fingers at everyone but themselves, it turns out those little stickers on the pumps are right: Biden really did do that.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl covered the White House for a dozen years and ran the Drudge Report for four years. He can be reached at josephcurl@dailywire.com and on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephcurl\">@JosephCurl<\/a>. A version of this article ran previously in The Washington Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Joe Biden moved into the White House on January 20, 2021, a gallon of regular gasoline cost an average of $2.37.Now, it\u2019s $4.34 and rising nearly every day \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1383759","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\/1383759","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383759\/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=1383759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}