Earlier this month Saudi Arabia claimed that President Biden basically begged OPEC to delay their planned oil production cut until after the midterm elections in the U.S.
Add it all up and that means the Democrats could have a new scapegoat if they get trounced in the midterms:
Today's hot take: But for OPEC screwing Biden, Dems would be in great shape. pic.twitter.com/sIvKTSEfEk
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) October 17, 2022
The Democrats continue to be thankful to have the media serving as their spin machine. In this example the outlet is New York Magazine:
Saudi Arabia had the option of throwing Biden and his party a political lifeline — and they chose not to https://t.co/19DmqkKAmH
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) October 16, 2022
And of course the Republicans are doing a bit of pouncing:
Of course, the real reason why Republicans are so quiet about the Saudis’ betrayal is that they stand to benefit from it politically on a massive scale. In itself, a slight uptick in gas prices isn’t necessarily a game changer for the midterm elections, but with so many tight races in key battlegrounds, it’s bad news for the ruling party. A recent piece at the Intercept makes the case that the oil-production cuts are a deliberate act of election interference on the part of Prince Mohammed, who is friendly with Trump and stands to benefit from a Republican takeover of Congress that would set up Trump or some other MAGA stand-in to win the presidential election in 2024. Several analysts who spoke to the Intercept interpret the move as a deliberate October Surprise from the Saudis.
If the Democrats get wrecked three weeks from tomorrow it’s just GOT to be because of the Saudis — it couldn’t possibly be due to Biden and the Democrats’ disastrous policies (cue massive eye roll).
— PixieSS 🇺🇸☕️ 🍿🌰🏈 (@pixiejss) October 17, 2022
They will never blame themselves
— DriveBy Geek 🍸 (@DriveByGeek) October 17, 2022
Nice, formulating excuses early I see.
— Christopher Friscia (@Christo23081138) October 17, 2022
And we haven’t heard the last of the excuses.
When a Democratic President tries to collude with a foreign power to influence an election in his party’s favor and fails, media sympathizes with the president.
For a Republican President, this is an offense for which the president must be impeached to ‘save our democracy.’ https://t.co/xvRagJoiQm
— Sharma (@bansisharma) October 17, 2022
If that was Trump more impeachment proceedings would already be underway in Congress.
***
Related:
White House spin DOES NOT MATCH Saudi Arabia’s statement after Biden begs for more oil
***
Editor’s Note:
Help us keep owning the libs! Join Twitchy VIP and use promo code AMERICAFIRST to receive a 25% discount off your membership!
Join the conversation as a VIP Member