"What is your plan to increase U.S oil production?"

If you pay attention you know Porridgebrain appoints only the most highly qualified people to top government positions, right?  People like Pete Buttigieg, who couldn't run a small town in Indiana but is now the Secretary of Transportation.  Or the tranny who's in charge of the mental health division of "Health and Human Services."  Top.  People.

So no doubt you've heard of Jennifer Granholm, whom Porridgebrain appointed as Secretary of...um...what agency does she run, again?

If you don't know, maybe we can figure it out from her CV:  She's originally from Canada, and was a member of Obama's presidential transition team.  So just like Mayor Pete, very highly qualified.  For something.

Okay, have you figured out her area of expertise yet?  If not, here's a big clue:  She was governor of a big energy-producing state, which made her a great choice for...wait for it...Secretary of Energy.

"Wait," I hear a few of you saying, "wasn't she was the governor of...Michigan?  Didn't know they had lots of oil or gas or coal in Michigan."

Ah, you're right.  So okay, maybe she doesn't have any expertise in energy.  But she's female, and for ol' Porridge that's enough.

Now: you'd think one of the top concerns of the Secretary of Energy would be the cost of oil, natural gas, electricity and...gasoline, eh?  So last November, with the price of gasoline averaging $2.89 per gallon--up 40 percent from Porridge's inauguration--one of the few TV hosts willing to ask a Porridge cabinet member a pointed question asked "“What is the Granholm plan to increase oil production in America?”

It was a serious question, one that Americans barely scraping by would love to hear the answer to.  After all, on Porridge's first day in office he canceled a huge oil pipeline that would have brought 800,000 barrels of Canadian oil per day to the U.S.  He canceled the next round of oil and gas leases in federal offshore waters.  He even ordered a halt to the issuance of drilling permits for companies that had already spent money on seismic studies and had identified likely prospects to drill.

But instead of answering the question, Granholm just threw her head back and laughed hysterically.  "That's hilarious," she said.  

"Would that I had the magic wand on this,” she said, before totally dodging the question. “Oil is a global market, controlled by a cartel. That cartel is called OPEC, and they made a decision yesterday that they were not going to increase beyond what they were already planning.”

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You'll notice she totally dodged the question, blaming OPEC for not increasing output and totally avoiding any mention of ALL the actions Porridgebrain has taken to cut U.S. oil production.

A commenter picked up the cue right away and sneered "You people who think the president can have any effect on oil prices are stupid!  The government doesn't control the oil industry. There is no magic rock hiding all the oil. There's nothing the government can do to lower gas prices."

That's a classic attempt at deflection, because although the federal government doesn't literally "control the oil industry," you'd have to be a Democrat to believe canceling pipelines and leases and drilling permits doesn't affect oil production.

Granholm dodged because the only energy-related plan Porridgebrain and his socialist gender-studies monkeys have is to increase taxes on all energy and make it more costly to drill, cutting oil output and keeping the price of oil high.  They want to make it more expensive to drive your own car.

Granholm doesn't give a flying F about the price of gasoline.  She doesn't care if U.S. oil output falls to nothing, because she owns a million bucks worth of stock in a company that makes batteries for electric cars.  By total coincidence that company has gotten millions in contracts from...wait for it... from the very same agency Granholm runs.  But all just coincidence, of course.

So now, barely five months after Granholm's infuriating non-answer when asked if she had a plan to increase U.S. oil production, oil has soared from $  per barrel to $110.  And we're importing an AVERAGE of 700,000 barrels of "oil AND refined products" from...wait for it...Russia.  We're paying Russia $70 MILLION every DAY, thanks to biden executive orders crippling U.S production.

Of course the bidenfail regime blames the high prices on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  But if not for biden's dumb decrees we wouldn't have to import any oil or gasoline.  Think that would give us more options?  Sure.

Bad policies cause bad results.  Outrageously stupid polices cause outrageously bad results.  But what else would you expect from a man who praises his corrupt, crack-addict son as "the smartest man I know," eh?

Say, ya know who else laughs like crazy (ahyup) when she's asked a question she can't answer without drawing heat?  That would be Porridgebrain's brilliantly effective insurance policy against impeachment: His VP.

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