Republican Senator Urges Biden ‘Take Out’ An Iranian ‘Oil Asset’ Despite Fox Host Warning of Global Market Shock

Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) spoke to Fox anchor Neil Cavuto following the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel this week and urged the U.S. to attack Iranian “oil assets” in retaliation.

“If there’s a, you know, an attack on it, as Senator Graham has been talking about, on oil assets in Iran, which I support, by the way, or if there are further sanctions that would actually be enforced, frankly, if we were just…” began Cramer when asked Wednesday about possible U.S. actions following the attack.

Cavuto cut in and asked, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Senator, do you support going after those Iranian oil sources? And I certainly see your rationale behind that. But obviously, the impact on the global oil markets would be maybe something akin to the 1970s. Right? Prices could rocket, right?”

“It could be. No question. Yeah, we’d have to we’d have to do it surgically for sure. Neil, I wouldn’t advocate just taking out everything that they have, but we could start with enforcing the sanctions and maybe go after a refinery or two that is feeding our other enemies,” Cramer replied, doubling down.

“I mean, we’re in this position largely because when Joe Biden became president, he lifted all the sanctions, unleashed all of their ability to produce oil. And even with sanctions, they’ve been they’ve been shipping oil and sort of the black market through their ghost armada into the to the teapot refineries of China helping both China and themselves, Russia doing similar things,” Cramer continued, adding:

In fact, Russia has gotten so brazen that they don’t even do it with that ghost armada. They just they file the the routes and take their oil that’s sanctioned to countries that are willing to pay for it. And this is what’s funding their war. And it’s what’s inspiring them to ignore the United States, because we’ve been a paper tiger. And I think it is time for us to get a lot stronger. And I think taking out an oil asset in Iran would certainly send a message that we’re not just fooling around.

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