House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has called for legal safeguards to prevent the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) from being used for political purposes after President Joe Biden decided to release more oil from the stockpile to push down pump prices ahead of the midterm elections.
McCarthy made the remarks during an Oct. 19 appearance on the “Hugh Hewitt Show,” where he alleged that Biden’s releases from the strategic stockpile are intended to “manipulate an election” and are “putting the whole country at risk.”
“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was designed for an emergency time period. He’s using it trying to manipulate an election,” McCarthy said….