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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/30/john-hofmeister-ex-shell- president-obama-had-nothi/

Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister is pouring cold water on former President Barack Obama’s claims that he’s responsible for the country’s
boom in oil and gas production.

Mr. Obama on Tuesday told the audience at a gala for Rice University’s
Baker Institute that he deserved credit for the oil-and-gas boom that his successor, President Trump, is now enjoying.

“You wouldn’t always know it, but it went up every year I was president,”
the former president said to applause. “That whole — suddenly America’s
like the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas — that was me, people.”

Mr. Hofmeister, who now serves as CEO for Citizens for Affordable Energy
Inc., appeared on Fox News Thursday suggesting that U.S. oil and gas
production increased in spite of Mr. Obama’s policies.

“Yes, the production did increase throughout his term, but, frankly, he
had nothing to do with it,” Mr. Hofmeister said on “Fox & Friends.”

“This was production in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, North Dakota, in particular. And these were all state decisions
made with industry applications for permits. The federal government had no role,” he added.

Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister is pouring cold water on former President Barack Obama’s claims that he’s responsible for the country’s
boom in oil and gas production.

Mr. Obama on Tuesday told the audience at a gala for Rice University’s
Baker Institute that he deserved credit for the oil-and-gas boom that his successor, President Trump, is now enjoying.

“You wouldn’t always know it, but it went up every year I was president,”
the former president said to applause. “That whole — suddenly America’s
like the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas — that was me, people.”

Mr. Hofmeister, who now serves as CEO for Citizens for Affordable Energy
Inc., appeared on Fox News Thursday suggesting that U.S. oil and gas
production increased in spite of Mr. Obama’s policies.

“Yes, the production did increase throughout his term, but, frankly, he
had nothing to do with it,” Mr. Hofmeister said on “Fox & Friends.”

“This was production in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, North Dakota, in particular. And these were all state decisions
made with industry applications for permits. The federal government had no role,” he added.

Mr. Hofmeister also criticized the former president’s opposition to
drilling, his increasing of permitting regulations and his handling of the Keystone XL pipeline.

“I would say that he was not a leader when it comes to energy, other than
the Clean Power Plan, when he tried to remake the power generation
industry without involving Congress, and the Paris accords, again without involving Congress,” he said. “So he tried to do a lot but it was not in
the direction of the kind of energy that President Trump is working on.

“[Mr. Obama] was mostly in the way when it came to any carbon-based fuel,
but when it came to the actual facts of the matter, because there were
areas beyond his jurisdiction, things got done. The industry and the
states working together did a remarkable job, which continues to this day
under Trump,” he said. “So [Mr. Obama] can take credit for all he wants,
but whether people believe him or not it depends on how much history do
you really know versus how much history do you want to reinvent.”



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Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.

Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.

ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its supporters can dispute that.

Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.

Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.

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