1984

New York City NY

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Joe Biden announced yesterday that he plans to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and when a reporter suggested it was "politically motivated" - Biden snapped. Back up: The SPR is our emergency reserve of oil meant for use during times of national emergency like war and natural disasters. It's not meant to be used to cover up the failed energy policies of a failing president. Over the past 6 months, Biden has already released 180 million barrels from the SPR in an attempt to bring down gas prices. This has resulted in our emergency reserves currently sitting at their lowest level in 40 years. Biden snaps: During Biden's announcement of the extra 15 million barrels being released, a reporter asked: "Is it politically motivated, sir? Three weeks before the midterms." Biden responded: Look! It makes sense. I've been doing this for how long now? It's not politically motivated at all!" Republicans have been calling it just that - politically motivated. Sen. Marsha Blackburn tweeted: "This is a political stunt. If Joe Biden cared to fix this problem, he’d open more of our nation’s great pipelines." Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said: "Our strategic oil reserves are meant for a crisis—not to bail out Biden's failed agenda."