#Putin's Price Hike? NO! #Biden's BS

 Over the past year, Joe Biden has offered a variety of explanations for skyrocketing gas prices, and why he's supposedly powerless to do anything about it. The latest explanation is that it's all Putin's fault. And the media are dutifully parroting the White House's propaganda.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Biden, fearing a massive voter backlash in November, will blame Putin for every problem we're facing – the supply chain crisis, record inflation and rising gas prices.  And he will also blame the "greedy" oil companies for not doing enough to ensure that you have plenty of cheap gas. 

It is imperative that conservatives get ahead of this, and make sure the American people don't fall for the left's gaslighting. It's helpful to review a little recent history.

The House Oversight Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on March 8th, intended as a follow-up to a hearing held in late October on climate change. But it was abruptly canceled. 

Well, if you know anything about what happened in October, you'll understand why Tuesday's hearing never happened.

Back in October, House liberals summoned the CEOs of America's top energy companies to Capitol Hill for what was essentially a Soviet-style show trial on how evil they were because they weren't decreasing oil drilling fast enough. 

Don't take my word for it. See for yourself how the hearing was portrayed by House progressives. One line of their own description says it all: 

"More recently, some large fossil fuel companies took public stances in support of climate actions while privately continuing to . . . invest overwhelmingly in fossil fuel extraction, and support efforts to extend the life of fossil fuel investments."

Of course, they invested in "fuel extraction." That's what oil companies do! And to the left, that's a very bad thing.

Liberals and the media demonized these CEOs for not jumping on the "green energy" bandwagon, and they demanded that they commit to annual oil production cuts. Can you imagine what the price of gas would be today if the CEOs did what the liberal politicians demanded and cut production?

At the time that hearing was held, gas prices were already on the rise. Even CNN was questioning Joe Biden about the increasing pain at the pump in October of 2021.

Meanwhile, at the White House yesterday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki was publicly flogging U.S. oil companies for not drilling even more. "What additional permits do they need?" she said sarcastically. "I don't think they need an embroidered invitation to drill."

No, our oil companies don't need to be told what to do. What they need is for the government to get out of the way. 

But they have been warned for years that they will be crushed by Big Government unless they get on board with the radical climate change agenda. Rather than mocking them, Ms. Psaki should be sending an embroidered apology.