On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) stated that the Biden administration’s plan to sell up to 10 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in November is just a ploy to buy votes using something that’s supposed to be for emergencies, and that replenishing the reserve will probably have to be done at a high price.
Tuberville said, [relevant remarks begin around 3:30] “Well, Larry, it’s all about buying the votes, just like the forgiveness of the student loan, buying votes, right before the election, same thing here. They’re pumping out 10 million barrels just this week alone of our oil reserves to get the price down right before the election. People are smarter than this. They’re going to see through this. It’s all buying votes. It’s all controlling the atmosphere. It’s…
