Ted Lieu’s Tough-Guy Letter to Oil Barons Goes HILARIOUSLY Off the Rails As the ‘Barons’ Just NUKE Him
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In a move that surprised absolutely no one, California Rep. Ted Lieu is once again putting Democrat hypocrisy on full display. The same lawmaker who proudly declared “AMERICA IS BACK” after supporting billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine is now complaining on X about President Trump encouraging U.S. oil companies to invest in Venezuela — even going so far as to issue a thinly veiled, passive-aggressive warning to those companies.
Apparently, in Lieu’s world, blocking access to cheaper energy at home while pouring taxpayer money into endless foreign conflicts is the height of patriotism.
If there were a reward for consistently choosing the wrong position, Democrats would be swimming in it by now.
And this latest episode? Just more proof.
Dear oil barons: A new US President will be elected in less than 3 years. Everything Trump does can be reversed. And since Venezuela is authoritarian, they can reverse on a dime.
The only durable guarantees require congressional laws. I am a hard NO. We should focus on America. https://t.co/LSNP3tNtQo
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 10, 2026
Seems Lieu is in a new ‘letter-writing’ phase on his X account … or at least the underpaid and underqualified interns he’s hired are.
The evil oil barons responded:
We thank California’s 47th best Congressman for sharing his views on energy this afternoon with all of us.
In return we will point out that Californians pay the highest fuel prices in the nation thanks to his views on energy. https://t.co/KDbcddg4aY pic.twitter.com/73t8ao6cN4
— US Oil & Gas Association (@US_OGA) January 11, 2026
When we Googled this, there are 52 reps from California, so now we’re curious which five they think are worse than Lieu? We’re willing to bet Eric Swalwell is one of them.
Dear California Voters
Your congressional Representative just advocated for Venezuela to return to an Authoritarian dictatorship because he doesn’t like Trump.
Way to go @tedlieu https://t.co/48fVXGP42L
— OC Scanner 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@OC_Scanner) January 10, 2026
“Dear oil barons”
lol. lmao, even. https://t.co/Q5UZZlIbM4 pic.twitter.com/KVGSu5N6KA— Steve 🇺🇲 (@SDHudson89) January 11, 2026
Like other Democrats, Lieu assumes people are too dumb to understand why gas is so expensive in California. Hint, it’s not the evil oil barons.
What an absolute POS. https://t.co/3e82h1L0vD
— Spacemankey (@rectexas) January 11, 2026
Yeah, pushing for Venezuela to back under authoritarian leadership is pretty crappy, even for Lieu.
So you want America to continue to decline?
I see. https://t.co/RycGAU0gqt— BrownGuyLee (@Damionnpapi) January 10, 2026
Democrats love for America to fail, because then they can pretend they’re going to save it. They’ve been pulling this scam for decades.
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