TO END FOSSIL FUELS AND OIL
DRILLING WHILE ON SUNDAY THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED
THAT IT WILL BLOCK FUTURE OIL
AND GAS LEASING IN THE ARCTIC
OCEAN’S FEDERAL WATERS BUT
YESTERDAY THE WHITE HOUSE
APPROVED THE ALASKA WILLOW
PROJECT.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ AND
OTHER OF TOP DEMOCRATS GAVE A
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE NEWS,
WRITING THIS ADMINISTRATION
CLEARLY KNOWS WHAT THE PATH TO A
CLEANER AND MORE JUST FUTURE
LOOKS LIKE, WE WISH THEY HAD NOT
CHOSEN TO THE STRAY SO FAR FROM
THE PATH.
THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE WILLOW
PROJECT IS NO WILLOW PROJECT.
JOINING ME NOW FOR ALL THE HOT
TOPICS ALL MORNING LONG IS
MICHAEL LEE AND JOE CONCHA.
JOE, YOUR REACTION, AS WE SEE
THE ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUE TO
SOAR IN THE FACE OF WEAKNESS
ELSEWHERE.
>> AND WE JUST SAW THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AS A CANDIDATE LIE TO THEY THAT
TEENAGE GIRL ABOUT ALL THE
THINGS HE SAID HE WASN’T GOING
TO DO AND NOW HE IS DOING IT,
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
DRILLING IN ALASKA.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT, MARIA, AND
I’VE WRITTEN A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT
IT, THAT DOES THINGS STRICTLY
FOR HIS OWN SURVIVAL AND HIS OWN
POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY.
WHEN HE NEED TODD BE ELECTED AND
NEEDED TO GO TO THE LEFT TO MAKE
SURE HE BROUGHT IN ALL THE
SQUAD, AOC, FAR LEFT
PROGRESSIVES INTO HIS COURT
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T QUITE TRUST
HIM, WE SEES GOING BACK TO
DRILLING IN PLACES LIKE ALASKA
CAY.
MAYBE WE’LL HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT
THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE BEFORE THE
L ELECTION IN 2024 AS FAR AS
OPENING THAT EXTENSION AND THAT
CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT YOU SIMPLY
HAVE TO JUDGE ON HIS ACTIONS AND
A NOT ON HIS WORDS AND I GUESS
THE GOOD NEWS IS WHAT THAT WE
WILL BE DRILLING MORE NOW ON HE
DOMESTIC LANDS WHICH HOPEFULLY
CAN BRING DOWN THE COST OF GAS
AND OIL BUT, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS
ON WHERE THE WIND IS BLOWING IN
TERMS OF HOW THIS PRESIDENT
MAKES HIS DECISIONS AND WHAT
WILL BENEFIT HIM MOST.
THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE, MARIA.
MARIA: I MEAN, THAT’S THE
THING.
WE SEE THAT HE MAKES DECISIONS
BASED ON ELECTIONS AND, YOU
KNOW, SAYS THINGS JUST BASED ON
HOLDING ONTO POWER.
OUR ENERGY SECRETARY, JENNIFER
GRANHOLM, CLAIMED WE SHOULD
LEARN FROM CHINA WHEN IT COMES
TO ENERGY.
THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT HAS
PROPOSED NEW EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS WITH WASHING MACHINES.
THEY ARE REQUIRING WASHING
MACHINES TO USE LESS WATER.
THEY CLAIM THAT’S GOING TO
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
BUT MANUFACTURERS LIKE WHIRLPOOL
ARE WARNING THAT THE PROPOSAL
WOULD MAKE EACH CYCLE LONGER.
IT WILL MAKE DETERGENT COSTLIER
AND MAKE THE CLOTHES LESS CLEAN,
MICHAEL.
>> MARIA, THIS IS THE PERFECT
METAPHOR FOR THE ENTIRE
ADMINISTRATION.
IT’S BUILT UPON A LIE THAT
SOMEHOW WE’RE IN THIS CLIMATE
CRISIS.
OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS, DEATHS
DUE TO CLIMATE RELATED ACCIDENTS
AND DISASTERS IS DOWN 98%.
YET SOMEYOU SOMEHOW IT’S AN EXIS
THREAT.
THEIR ENERGY POLICY AND INSANITY
OF IT IS CAUSING DISASTER THE
EVERYWHERE, NOT ONLY FROM THE
INFLATION, WHICH I BELIEVE LED
TO THE FAILURE OF SILICON VALLEY
BANK AND THE BANK RUNS WE’RE
SEEING ACROSS AMERICA HAD, OKAY,
AS WELL AS THE WAR WITH RUSSIA.
THE ONLY WAY TO COMBAT RUSSIA
AGAINST UKRAINE IS TO COLLAPSE
THE PRICE OF OIL AND NATURAL
GAS.
THIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD MUCH
RATHER GIVE INTO THESE GREEN
WHACK JOBS THAN TO SOLVE ACTUAL
PROBLEMS AND IMPROVE THE LIVES
OF AMERICANS.
OKAY.
IT IS BEYOND INSANE, THE THINGS
THAT THEY’VE DONE AND HEARING
THAT YOU YOU’VE GOT TO CHANGE
YOUR WASHING MACHINE BECAUSE IT
MIGHT USE A LITTLE LESS WATER
FOR THIS CYCLE OR FOR THAT
CYCLE, IT’S MORE OF THE SAME
INSANITY THAT’S RUINING OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR
EYES.
MARIA: AND THIS IS LIKELY THE
ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF
THIS PRESIDENT AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION, THE CLIMATE
CHANGE AGENDA.
BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY LEVERS.
IT HAS SO MUCH IMPACT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE IMPACT ON
NATIONAL SECURITY.
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ENERGY
INDEPENDENT.
THAT I WOULD SAY, JOE, IS THE
ROOT CAUSE OF THIS PRESIDENT’S
FAILURE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
NATIONAL SECURITY WHEN IT COMES
TO ENERGY, TOUR POINT, MARIA,
NATIONAL SECURITY IN TERMS OF
THE CONVERSATION YOU JUST HAD
REGARDING THE U.S. SOUTHERN
BORDER AND MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
THAT HAVE CROSSED INTO THE
COUNTRY THAT WERE ON THE TERROR
WATCH LIST AND THOSE ARE THE
ONES THAT WE CAUGHT.
REMEMBER THE 00 HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF GOT AWAYS.
I HOPE WE’RE NOT TALKING IN TWO
YEARS SAYING ALL THE SIGNS WERE
THERE AND WE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
MARIA: SAY WITH US.