Biden whitewashing Maduro’s ‘crimes against humanity’ in pursuit of Venezuelan oil, expert warns

The Biden Administration destroys America’s fossil fuel industry at the behest of climate czar John Kerry, but will gleefully buy oil from every dictator, murderer, and human rights violator on the planet.

The fraudulent Biden regime would rather enrich and empower monsters and war criminals then do anything that might be good for America.

The Democrat regime is punishing Americans while creating a global axis of evil.

Biden and his team of green new scam virtue signalers aren't against oil, they're just against American oil. They're fine with Russian, Venezuelan, Saudi and Iranian oil (especially Climate Czar John Kerry, who needs fuel for his private jet), just not U.S. oil. Explains a lot.

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 7, 2022

Biden risks whitewashing Maduro’s ‘crimes against humanity’ in pursuit of Venezuelan oil, expert warns

Jim Carafano says, ‘If you’re doing business with the friends of Russia, you’re helping out Russians. It’s that simple.’

By Fox News, March 7, 2022

President Biden’s courting of Venezuelan oil in an attempt to end reliance on Russian imports and assuage skyrocketing gas prices at home could risk whitewashing the alleged “crimes against humanity” committed by the Venezuelan government and its closeness with Russia.

Several senior Biden administration officials from the White House and State Department traveled to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of Nicolás Maduro and discuss the possibility of easing sanctions on oil exports from the Latin American country as U.S. gas prices soared past levels not seen since 2008.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the trip Monday, saying officials traveled to Venezuela to discuss “a range of issues, including certainly energy, energy security, but also to discuss the health and welfare of detained U.S. citizens.”

The rare meetings came as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine less than two weeks ago accelerated already skyrocketing fuel prices in the U.S. Last week, Venezuela and regional Russian allies Cuba and Nicaragua abstained from a vote condemning Russia for the invasion.

Russia — along with China and Iran — came to Venezuela’s financial aid in 2019 after the Trump administration cut diplomatic ties with the Latin American country and sanctioned its oil exports to the U.S. amid Western accusations of an illegitimate election. The Trump White House recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the real president after Maduro was accused of election fraud.

Maduro is also accused of a host of human rights abuses, including murders, torture and arbitrary detentions. In November, the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into allegations of “crimes against humanity” by the Maduro regime.

Jim Carafano, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at The Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital that the Biden administration’s strategy in pursuing Venezuelan oil is like “Jimmy Carter redux.”

“If you’re doing business with the friends of Russia, you’re helping out Russians. It’s that simple,” he said. “Now you have an energy crisis, and your only way to resolve that is to do business with some of the most unsavory countries on Planet Earth who are the biggest human rights abusers.”

“They would rather buy oil from our adversaries who will actually use that money to attack American interests than pump oil and gas here, which would actually put more money in the American economy and actually make us more energy independent,” he said.

Psaki was pressed by one reporter Monday on whether it’s “worth doing business” with a “despot” like Maduro.

“I think that’s leaping several stages ahead in any process,” Psaki fired back. “There was a discussion that was had by members of the administration over the course of the last several days. Those discussions are also ongoing, and part of our focus is also on the health and welfare of detained U.S. citizens.”

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