March 3, 2022: How gas prices could crush Biden and the Democrats
President Joe Biden's conservative critics \u2014 from Fox News to Capitol Hill Republicans \u2014 have slammed the administration for exempting Russian oil from the raft of financial sanctions aimed at the Kremlin.\xa0\nThey\u2019ve argued two main things:\n1. With Russia\u2019s economy so reliant on the energy sector, the U.S. should target that nation\u2019s energy exports in order to be effective.\n2. Biden should simultaneously green-light domestic energy production to offset any oil shortages \u2014 a policy the GOP has been pushing for years and that is, in many ways, antithetical to the administration\u2019s climate goals.\xa0\nSubscribe to POLITICO Playbook.\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.