President Joe Biden's conservative critics — from Fox News to Capitol Hill Republicans — have slammed the administration for exempting Russian oil from the raft of financial sanctions aimed at the Kremlin. They’ve argued two main things: 1. With Russia’s economy so reliant on the energy sector, the U.S. should target that nation’s energy exports in order to be effective. 2. Biden should simultaneously green-light domestic energy production to offset any oil shortages — a policy the GOP has been pushing for years and that is, in many ways, antithetical to the administration’s climate goals.
President Joe Biden's conservative critics — from Fox News to Capitol Hill Republicans — have slammed the administration for exempting Russian oil from the raft of financial sanctions aimed at the Kremlin.
They’ve argued two main things:
1. With Russia’s economy so reliant on the energy sector, the U.S. should target that nation’s energy exports in order to be effective.
2. Biden should simultaneously green-light domestic energy production to offset any oil shortages — a policy the GOP has been pushing for years and that is, in many ways, antithetical to the administration’s climate goals.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.