{"id":1399404,"date":"2022-03-24T20:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T00:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399404"},"modified":"2022-03-24T20:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T00:29:41","slug":"state-republican-group-hits-democrat-states-energy-crippling-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-republican-group-hits-democrat-states-energy-crippling-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"State Republican Group Hits Democrat States&#039; Energy Crippling Policies"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fstate-republican-group-hits-democrat-states-energy-crippling-policies%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=1399404&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The\u00a0Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), a state Republican-aligned campaign arm,\u00a0launched a series of digital ads in Democrat states to emphasize their\u00a0failed far-left policies at the state level that have crippled domestic energy production.<\/p>\n<p>The RSLC\u2019s digital ads are a five-figure buy in the Democrat-led states of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FX6X6lVILrQ\">Colorado<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PvxuFVjJW8M\">Maine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kmfRVysaKkk\">Nevada<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tC6grl18uns\">New Mexico<\/a>. The ad highlighted the far-left policies that have led to\u00a0record-high gas prices and dependence on foreign oil.<\/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>These ads are a part of the state Republican group\u2019s first spending after announcing their legislative targets for the 2022 midterm cycle at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/10\/state-republican-aligned-group-announces-targets-2022\/\">beginning of the month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ads follow a report from the\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUfcftyn1EFuyDCumkKW3H8thYbMAZGFsn-2BDuQwgDRnvbcLD8UImwBVgrDlTnM2cErPRTPnCTepSGtJq-2FBYt5pkUtrLl0vcyyJRElrXXuuleTPKmEgInszMwrAGj6Nh7qlzyB0l-2BCe-2FjWc-2BNNmE4g056tW3B-2BUoCB-2BFpkm8acotTzKmfl_R8lwTm5hZzrmifbLr0xdntKkJoH1IyQ6ghEg5pJplZEJxuTii83KDJ9bAIeCv-2BkxNncrlnRc2zrXllH0QjB9m4fw8ax-2Fgb3U-2B5rmgAo-2F8-2FRLFpDaCZ-2B4ca-2FZgYZobbcTmgmAZAJQbpj4aCms2IZBO3g9xDodkNSgFH1OSLGu0dBG7VYNlsJr9gt5rfXuSfqDvaM3kYJsUs0BEAU0iKOO2iwON4i1NWsb-2FgPPEsXnl6MzzzpXMW4db7GAOjJIqZgDg8gcMqX1d4eVQU3iIspu3xuSRqVNzZSCknlifugHUJjulz9ma7-2Bhl6qgsKvyfzVwKuCA5GDoWR0-2FwE1nPsvLmOYz8neqIlWPOP485UorXz0-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>National Review<\/em><\/a>\u00a0exposing how President Joe Biden has \u201cbeen following in the footsteps of blue-state Democrats, whose policies began undermining domestic energy production long before Russian president Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine, ramping up pressure on already strained global markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad explicitly targeting Colorado has a voiceover of different news reports explaining the \u201cinsanity\u201d behind the skyrocketing price of oil and gas. During the ad, the screen shows: \u201cThis is Colorado. And here gas costs more than ever. Why? Because Democrats control Denver. And they run D.C. too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEven though we can produce more than enough here at home. Democrats have been fighting against American energy for decades.\u00a0Outsourcing production to dictators, while you pay the price. Energy independence now,\u201d the text in the ad says.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the\u00a0Colorado digital ad:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The\u00a0RSLC Communications Director Andrew Romeo slammed the Democrat legislators\u00a0in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoters across the country who are furious with President Biden for crippling America\u2019s energy independence also have Democrat legislators in blue states across the country to blame for skyrocketing prices at the pump,\u201d\u00a0Romeo stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Colorado Gazette<\/em>\u00a0Editorial Board explained that when the\u00a0Colorado General Assembly passed\u00a0Senate Bill 181\u00a0in 2019, they sequentially imposed \u201csweeping regulations that crippled Colorado\u2019s oil and gas industry.\u201d The editorial board added that \u201cWithin six months of the bill\u2019s enactment, approval permits for oil wells plummeted by 57%; approved well-drilling permits dropped 58%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Maine,\u00a0Governor Janet Mills (D)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/news\/governor-mills-signs-major-renewable-energy-and-climate-change-bills-law-2019-06-26\">signed<\/a> a bill into law nicknamed the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/maine-passes-state-level-green-new-deal\">State-Level Green New Deal<\/a>\u201d in 2019. Mills\u2019s office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/news\/governor-mills-signs-major-renewable-energy-and-climate-change-bills-law-2019-06-26\">argued<\/a> the new law would \u201chelp achieve [the] Governor\u2019s goals of 80 percent renewable energy by 2030 and emissions reductions of 80 percent by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Nevada\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/what-new-clean-car-standards-mean-for-nevada-drivers-and-the-environment\">legislature<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0also passed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/Session\/80th2019\/Reports\/history.cfm?DocumentType=2&#038;BillNo=254\">SB 254<\/a>, which would\u00a0require the Division of Environmental Protection to create a yearly inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and develop strategies to reduce the state\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to reduce the\u00a0emissions by 28 percent by 2025 and 45 percent by 2030, from a 2005 baseline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0New Mexico legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/NM\/bill\/SB8\/2021\">passed<\/a>\u00a0Senate Bill 8 last March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.currentargus.com\/story\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/new-mexico-joe-biden-air-pollution-regulations-cars-gas-prices-environmental-protection-agency\/7052552001\/\">which<\/a>\u00a0\u201callowed the State to set environmental standards more stringent than federal law,\u201d which would align the state with Biden\u2019s policies on\u00a0air pollution, the\u00a0<em>Carlsbad Current-Argus\u00a0<\/em>noted. A\u00a0Santa Fe-based\u00a0spokesman for\u00a0Power the Future said that the \u201cconstrictive energy policy at both the state and federal level were responsible for rising prices of gasoline and other sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical liberal energy policies enacted at the state level are part of the reason why the United States is at the mercy of dictators when it comes to oil production,\u201d Romeo added. \u201cThe American people will reject state Democrats and their war on domestic energy in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), a state Republican-aligned campaign arm,\u00a0launched a series of digital ads in Democrat states to emphasize their\u00a0failed far-left policies at the state level that have crippled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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-1399404","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\/1399404","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399404\/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=1399404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}