Was it part of multimillionaire CBS comedian Stephen Colbert’s routine to look like a complete hypocrite lecturing people about the morals of paying higher gas prices?
The Late Show Host praised the fact that both the U.S. ally and European allies have begun to consider banning Russian oil imports. The consideration is made possible by President Joe Biden’s increased sanctions against American oil and more restrictions on Russian oil. Under Biden, the U.S. has reportedly imported “more than half a million barrels per day (BPD) of oil from Russia,” making Russia the U.S.’s third largest oil supplier. Colbert conceded that gas prices have hit $4 a gallon, but then claimed: “One buck is enough to keep your conscience clean.” He continued his nonsense with a facetious twist: “I’m willing to pay $4 a gallon. Heck, I will even pay $15 per gallon for Tesla because it is my Tesla.” Pontificating about the virtue of paying high gas prices while driving an electric vehicle is blatant hypocrisy, and so is the fact that the show host also enjoys a $75 million net worth.
Colbert was definitely not a shy person.
Colbert called the sanctions placed on Russia “crippling,” which is also misleading. Coventry University professor and international law scholar Nathanael Tilahun told British newspaper Metro that he doubts “‘sanctions have had any impact so far on the Russian government.’” He continued: “‘We think all of these sanctions are simply going to affect the government – no, the government will be fine. The impact will be on ordinary people.’”
Conservative radio host Mark Levin played a recording of Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) during a segment on MSNBC where he threw cold water on Biden’s weak-kneed economic sanctions against Putin: “These sanctions are actually rather modest compared to what we did to Iran back in 2014.” Apparently these facts were lost on Colbert.
The Biden administration is reportedly set to ban Russian oil imports while shifting the U.S.’s energy reliance to the tyrannical regimes in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iran. Apparently keeping the U.S. dependent on foreign oil was preferable to taking Biden’s handcuffs off U.S. energy production at home. The Wall Street Journal The Editorial Board condemned the Biden’s inability to sustain U.S. energy during the current war between Russia and Ukraine.
[Biden] has suspended leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, halted oil and gas leases on federal land, and killed the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have helped Canada develop its oil sands.
OilPrice.com also noted that canceling the Keystone XL pipeline was a “bad policy decision” because it could have given the U.S. a strategic advantage over Russia:
In the real world – without all of the delays that have gone on for years — [Keystone]It could have been done by now, or at least very close. It might have been to replace oil from Russia.
Conservatives are being attacked.Get in touch with the CBS Vice President of Publicity Renata Luczak at renata.luczak@viacomcbs.com and demand Colbert stop his hypocrisy lecturing the American people about the morals of paying higher gas prices.
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