Republicans use social media to preemptively bash Obama energy speech
Republicans took to social media Thursday to bash President Obama ahead of his energy speech in Florida, hitting the president on his rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline and congressional intransigence on a stalled transportation bill.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) used the opportunity to promote his transportation bill in the house, H.R. 7, which was delayed last week.
While POTUS "deflects" blame on gas prices reut.rs/z8IqrW GOP delivers solutions w/#AmericanEnergy Initiative on.fb.me/eqBPsw
â€" Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) February 22, 2012
Boehner continued to hammer Obama throughout the day, doubting whether the president would offer solutions to spiraling gas prices.
W/gas prices threatening economy, POTUS not expected to offer solutions in energy speech today wapo.st/yEjv9G @washingtonpost
â€" Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) February 23, 2012
Rep. Scott Rigell joined in, linking to his own Mid-Atlantic Energy and Jobs Act of 2012. On Thursday, he posted a political cartoon poking fun at the Obama administration’s supposed deflections about the causes of the high gas prices.
This cartoon says it al! #energyindependencenow twitter.com/RepScottRigell…
â€" Rep. Scott Rigell (@RepScottRigell) February 23, 2012
Average price of gas could exceed $4/gal n June. SOLUTION = bit.ly/wYhIyu #VA02 #4jobs
â€" Rep. Scott Rigell (@RepScottRigell) February 22, 2012
Former Presidential hopeful Rick Perry tweeted his support for Newt Gingrich this afternoon while also jabbing the current administration on gas prices.
Newt's energy plan...Gas prices cut in half, national debt paid down with fed land/water royalties, independence from foreign oil. Sanity!
â€" Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) February 23, 2012
Gingrich himself tweeted a picture of a sign advertising gas for $4.21 per gallon in Los Angeles. The former Speaker has been hammering the president's energy policy in recent days, arguing that prices could be driven down by opening federal lands and offshore areas for drilling.
@Reaganworld emailed me this picture of gas prices in LA.We need American energy now. What are gas prices near you? twitter.com/newtgingrich/s…
â€" Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 23, 2012
Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) fired off a number of tweets before the scheduled speech, attacking the President’s decision to block the Keystone XL pipeline. In a longer post to his Facebook page, Cornyn blamed administration policies for gas prices doubling since the president's inauguration
If POTUS is really concerned about jobs and high gasoline prices, why did he block Keystone XL pipeline?
â€" JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 23, 2012
The President’s speech is expected to highlight long-term fixes, such as consuming less energy while maintaining domestic production, as well as diversifying the country’s energy supply and opening up new land for oil and gas drilling. But Republicans are hopeful that gas prices could provide a hook to refocus national attention on economic struggles.
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