While we’ve known for two years now that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) isn’t exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, a criticism she made of President Joe Biden regarding restocking of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve provides evidence that Ms. Boebert cannot even comprehend basic math.
As she often does, Boebert went on a Twitter rant aimed directly at the president. She attacked him for selling off 180 million barrels of oil to lower the price of gasoline earlier this year and is now angry that Biden is refilling the reserve with the price of oil and gas now significantly lower., posting her complaint for the entire internet to see.
“Trump stocked up our reserves at record-low prices. Then, Biden emptied it out to get through the midterms. Now, he’s going to stock it back up at a MUCH higher price.”
However, there’s one problem with Boebert’s tweet: It’s complete bullshit and anyone who can add and subtract would know that right off the bat.
Fortunately, Patrick De Haan, a gas price tracker, saw the congresswoman’s tweet and corrected her since she clearly didn’t learn much in those GED classes she took.
“Average selling price $96 [at the time of the sales], including some sales close to $120, and the price today is $75. You’re not the best at math.”
DeHahn, who has been extremely critical of Biden in the past for not doing enough to boost the domestic gasoline supply, also added a little zinger for Boebert: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) actually decreased when Donald Trump was president.
“In addition, the SPR declined during Trump’s tenure from 695 million barrels to 634 million.”
There’s also this handy factual tidbit that Boebert would have discovered if she’d merely done a quick Google search: The United States has made $4 billion so far this year from SPR sales, according to Business Insider:
The US government has pocketed a roughly $4 billion windfall from sales of crude this year out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
In the week ending December 9, the US released about 4.7 million barrels of crude, and the Energy Department has said it will conclude deliveries this month.
Since President Joe Biden tapped into the reserves in March — just after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — the US has sold 180 million barrels of crude at an average price of $96.25 per barrel, per The Wall Street Journal.
Sorry, Bobo, but you’re wrong in every way imaginable, and you’re even dumber than we feared.
