President Biden’s latest shift on energy and foreign policy has again resulted in blowback, with critics accusing the administration of hypocrisy for promoting a green domestic agenda while lifting oil sanctions on a foreign adversary and allowing Chevron to restart production in Venezuela.
The Treasury Department branded the move as “important steps in the right direction to restore democracy in the country,” while the White House insisted it had nothing to do with trying to lower inflated gasoline prices, an explanation that Republicans found hard to believe.
“We have ample, untapped natural resources to make the U.