Big Oil exec: Biden’s ‘plan failure’ now constitutes ‘major emergency’

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On Saturday on Cavuto Live, US Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart slammed the president’s “leadership failure” in solving record-high gas prices and called out Biden’s tongue-in-cheek move that would reverse his administration’s own energy policies.

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TIM STEWART: Now we are at the point where the Biden administration’s inability to plan is now a significant emergency. It’s a colossal leadership failure, and it won’t be solved by accusing millions of Americans who work in the gas industry of being unpatriotic. They try to have it both ways.

US Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart argues that Biden's failure to act to resolve record-high gas prices is now a problem "significant emergency" on "Cavuto Live" Saturday 18 June 2022.

US Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart argues that Biden’s failure to act to resolve record-high gas prices now constitutes a “major emergency” on Cavuto Live on Saturday, June 18, 2022.

I mean, if we go over the White House schedule this week, on Tuesday the White House asked Big Tech to censor all unflattering information on social media related to renewable energy. On Wednesday they accuse the oil and gas industry of price gouging and not doing enough when we are at 95% refining capacity. But on Thursday, further rentals were postponed. And on Friday we get to the point where they promise fuel cards for everyone.

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The ironic part of this particular interaction with the White House this week was that the President threatened to invoke emergency powers to boost production and production. The irony is that these emergency powers would essentially reverse their own energy policy decisions over the past 18 months. It’s incredible that we can do it when it takes it. We go this way.

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