(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Fresh off allegations that President Joe Biden oversaw a $5-million fraud scheme, the accused swindler-in-chief broke out his best mob boss imitation during a visit to Florida, when he boasted that, “No one f**ks with a Biden.”
While the president’s declaration lit up Twitter, it apparently didn’t phase the OPEC+ cartel, which announced Wednesday it was cutting oil production by 2 million barrels a day despite Biden’s pathetic, fist-bumping groveling.
“At the beginning of the week, the fear was that OPEC+ would agree to cut production by a million barrels a day,” wrote National Review’s Jim Geraghty.
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy put the Saudi slap-down in proper perspective.
“The president says no one Fs with a Biden, but it appears OPEC+ has done just that,” Doocy reported.
The Saudi cut leaves Biden in precarious political straits, with gas prices expected to surge in the coming weeks. To help minimize the damage from his disastrous domestic policies until after the midterms, Biden indicated he would once again raid the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that he has recklessly drained to historically low levels.
“The President will continue to direct SPR releases as appropriate to protect American consumers and promote energy security,” National Security advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement.
“Biden sold our emergency oil and got played by OPEC, now gas is going up, but Biden doesn’t care,” tweeted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. “Dems are forcing us all to drive EV’s powered by batteries.”
The US Oil & Gas Association blasted Biden’s ineptness and his administration’s ongoing attack on domestic energy production.
“The White House has one option left,” the group said in a statement. “It’s the one they should have never turned away from in the first place. The US Oil and Gas industry and its workers. Life comes at you pretty fast.”
Ranking Member @RepWesterman on the Biden administration’s decision to further deplete the SPR following OPEC production cuts ↓ pic.twitter.com/STItSsaxb9
— Natural Resources GOP (@NatResources) October 5, 2022
The White House, predictably, tried to deflect blame from its own failures, saying it was “disappointed” with OPEC’s “shortsighted” decision.
Apparently Biden is “disappointed” by OPEC’s decision to cut oil production…
Why doesn’t he feel the same way about his administration cutting American oil/gas production?
— Congressman Fred Keller (@RepFredKeller) October 5, 2022
“President Biden has completely surrendered our energy leadership and allowed OPEC and Russia to regain control of the global oil markets,” wrote Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. “Hardworking Americans are paying the price.”
Let’s be clear about what happened:
1. Biden destroyed America’s oil/gas industry and made us dependent on OPEC again.
2. Biden begged OPEC to produce more oil.
3. OPEC is doing the opposite—cutting output by 2 million barrels a day.
Total failure. OPEC is laughing at him.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) October 5, 2022
But remember, “No one f**ks with a Biden.”
NOW – Biden says “no one f***s with a Biden.”pic.twitter.com/U3nygCDQQ5
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 5, 2022
