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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s posse of Minnesota has criticized President Biden for reports that the White House may ask Saudi Arabia to increase oil production amid the war in Ukraine.
Omar took aim at the possibility of White House meetings with the Saudis, calling the potential study of the deal “immoral” and pointing to the Saudi government’s attitude towards the Yemeni people as the countries are at war with each other.
“Our response to Putin’s immoral war should not be to strengthen our relationship with the Saudis, who are currently causing the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet in Yemen,” Omar tweeted.
ADMIN BIDEN SAYS NO DECISION ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN OIL BAN
Rep. Ilhan Omar attends the bill registration ceremony for the June National Independence Day Act at the Capitol on June 17, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“The Yemenis may not matter to some geopolitically, but their humanity should matter,” Omar continued. “This is a wildly immoral act.”
In 2015, Saudi Arabia led a coalition of Gulf states that intervened in the civil war in Yemen against the Houthi insurgency, an Islamist group previously considered a terrorist group.
Biden’s State Department removed terrorist status from the Houthis last year.
President Biden listens to a question from reporters at the White House on December 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Omar’s tweet comes amid soaring gas and oil prices across the country due to the war in Ukraine.
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The Biden administration said on Monday that “no decision has been made” regarding a possible ban on Russian oil from the US.
However, the Republicans are drumming up the need for America’s energy independence against the backdrop of a land war in Europe.