Recent global events continue to profoundly shape the nation and, in turn, dominate the domestic political spotlight. The 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, six-thousand miles from our borders, upended all segments of American life, making Washington’s central to the 2020 presidential election. Today, an entirely different international crisis, one manufactured by a strongman’s irreverence for sovereignty, continues to have acute impacts at home and will likely play a featured role in the upcoming 2022 Midterm Elections. Upon entering office, the Biden Administration made a deliberate calculation to catalyze renewable energy modernization at the expense of domestic production or Canadian inflows needed to bridge this transition, leaving our energy security exposed.
With national gas prices well-surpassing $4 dollars, the administration is now reeling, evidenced by recent pivots that recognize the strategic significance of energy production, including expanding LNG supplies to Europe. After correctly banning Russian oil imports, the President continues to make another high-stakes gamble: blaming Putin for soaring energy prices and inflation.
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