Biden's last to the party on Russian oil

Once again, Joe Biden is seemingly the last person in America to support sanctioning Russia.

The Biden administration vigorously opposed sanctions on Nord Stream 2, and has argued against sanctioning Russian energy for weeks:

• They specifically exempted energy from sanctions.
• They argued it wasn’t in our “strategic interest.”
• They claimed we needed permission from Europe.
• They insisted “we don’t import a lot of Russian oil” to begin with.

It was only after Democrats in the House were working to pass a bill banning Russian oil that Biden finally relented.

As President Zelenskyy told senators: “If you had started sanctions months ago, there would not have been war.” The reason why we didn’t? Joe Biden.

Another Senate source tells me Zelenskyy stated during the zoom w/ US senators: "if you had started sanctions months ago, there would not have been war."

— Kelly Laco (@kelly_laco) March 5, 2022

At the same time, Biden is doubling down on the same anti-energy policies that sent gas prices surging $1.14 a gallon and cost the average American household $1,000 before Putin invaded Ukraine.

Enough delays. Enough weakness. Biden’s not even “leading from behind.” He’s holding America back.