President Joe Biden may have talked about unity during his inaugural address, but once he got back to the White House, all of that got "thrown out the window," and people are living in a fantasy world if they think the United States and its economy can be fueled with just solar and wind energy, Sen. John Barrasso said Thursday
"Anybody who believes that we're going to power this country and this economy with solar panels and wind turbines, they have to believe also in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy," the Wyoming Republican said on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria."
He also said Biden "picked up his pen and drew a target on the back of American energy and he pulled the trigger. He killed the Keystone XL pipeline and he is killing energy jobs all around the country by stopping additional leasing for oil, gas, coal, all around America."
In Wyoming alone, that means the loss of as many as 30,000 jobs, he added.
"What we're seeing here is the Green New Deal, basically dressed up in executive orders," said Barrasso.
The United States in recent years had become the world's top oil producer, but Barrasso agreed that cuts to the industry weaken the country.
"Energy is called the master resource for a reason," he said. "It powers our economy, our country, our military, and it is an instrument of power on the world stage. We don't want to become more dependent on other countries. We want other countries to be dependent upon us and it's the American energy availability that has allowed us to do that."
The senator also said Thursday he opposed a push from some of his Democrat colleagues to censure former President Donald Trump rather than proceed with his impeachment.
"That's not what the House sent to the Senate," said Barrasso. "We'll be holding a trial in the next week or two. I believe it's unconstitutional. I'm one of the 45 Republican senators who voted to say exactly that. You cannot try a former president of the United States."
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