, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Imports also came from other countries in the Middle East.
In 2017 and 2018, Trump’s first two years as president, the U.S. imported about 949,000 and 870,000 barrels of crude oil per day, respectively. In 2020, when demand crashed in the middle of the year because of the pandemic, the number was down to about 498,000 barrels per day. "It’s wrong," Mark Finley, the fellow in energy and global oil at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, said of Hannity’s claim.
Experts told PolitiFact that the U.S. still relies on imported oil, including from the Middle East, even as it moves toward greater energy independence. "In the last few years, the U.S. has come very close to producing as much oil as it consumes," added Severin Borenstein, the faculty director of the Energy Institute at Haas at the University of California, Berkeley. "But that does not mean we don't import oil. We still import and export to match crude locations and types most efficiently with refineries."Canada and Mexico are currently the U.S.’s main sources of imported oil due to cheaper transportation costs.
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KenyaCrudup If any information comes out of the orifices of Hannitty,please have it verified. Over the years,I have listened in to this Trump sycophant,and found him to be a LIAR. 'We got the information on Hunter Biden....' Utter rubbish!
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Now do it to the libs…Smollett, Rittenhouse, China Virus, Russian hoax, Kavanaugh- and the list goes on and on with no “fact checks”. The media sucks at doing their job!
We all know that Hannity and all other Trump MAGA media lie like a rug. They wing it and say whatever bolsters the topic! That why Fox and other internet arenas need to be held accountable. If u cannot vet the point with facts, then u get shut down!
thanks for clarifying this but normal people assume hannity lies every day about something. The issue is 49% of Americans don’t care what yahoo WSJ NYT NBC or any other legit organization says because they’re brainwashed that’s why the USA is about 5 mins from self destruction
You can have your own opinions BUT you can’t have your own facts.
BFromUpNorth Just another lie.
Privilege brats who will say a lie every minute and gets caught every minute They lie!
No, we didn’t import a “single” barrel. Instead we imported hundreds of thousands of barrels. You can’t make this stuff up!!😂😂😂
Not all cockroaches have 6 legs
JayneHo30995128 Hannity lies and lies and lies again and again!
Why is all of this blatant lying ok?
It's FoxNews. Truth doesn't matter does it seanhannity? If serial lying is good enough for your golden cow it's good enough for you, right?
So Hannity gets busted for yet another lie. Fox News. Lying is what they do best! BanFoxNews
Now we import 8M a day! That will come out 2B this year! Quite a difference!
ladyinlksd You can't expect seanhannity to be bothered by a tiny detail like the truth.
1redcupcake Sean Hannity never met a lie he couldn't embrace. He'd rather be popular than truthful.
seanhannity I know facts are hard, it’s easier for you to lie.🤷🏻♀️
HannityLies
I'LL BELIEVE HANNITY BEFORE I BELIEVE YOU BUNCH OF YAHOO'S! 🤣🖕
Surprising fact from our Alaska tour guide. All the oil from Alaska goes to Japan. Cheaper for the oil companies. This is why we import oil to support corruption in the Middle East
No one is even surprised any more when Shamity lies to his audience. It's just expected that he's going to spew lies. He does it for a living.
So seanhannity is liar and we are not surprised
Facts don't matter to FoxNews viewers..they will even deny the first ever trip their lord & savior took was to Saudi Arabia & her daughter & son-in-law got free money to do their bidding. MAGA enjoy conspiracies & lies without it their day would be dull. QAnonCult QSaidSo Q
Fact checking is like “singing to the choir.” People who watch the likes of Hannity, embrace the lies as if it’s gospel.
We all know hannity lies. It’s what he’s paid to do,
Any pundits explain this outright lie? Doubt it. But thanks for the fact check. Get it out there. All social media. All media really. They get away with lying/propaganda way too much and it’s dangerous.
Hannity as usual got his facts wrong. Plenty of oil was imported from Saudi during TFG's regime. Does he ever bother to fact check anything? No, don't answer that, we already know.
JWimsHashway It's laughable, and sad.
If I’m not mistaken we had a shutdown world wide in 2020 which is the main reason we didn’t drive much and didn’t use very much fuel.
Somebody needs to start FoxNews hannity and Tucker for every blatant lie.
I’m sure that seanhannity will publicly correct himself, being a journalist w integrity and all.
Wait You expect Hannity to tell the truth? That's your first problem
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Wow that is really stretching 1 week over 3.75 years 2017-2021, how does that work exactly? It is really unbelievable what lengths some of these folks will go to attempt to make that guy look better than what is real. Why? Would he not throw anyone under the bus? Yup. Opinion
Oh My God, Hannity lied
Fact check: fact checks only apply to the red hats. Example 1, insulin was affordable under Trump, Brandon’s 6489374849374 executive orders on hour 3 undid that. Brandon is now claiming he’s making insulin affordable under his building America into a communist sh!t hole act.
MforDems2022 Anyone who trusts Hannity is a fool.
RobertTMiller82 So much for that 'energy independence' argument favored by the right when arguing against the green deal.
yiannisxeno Liars are going to lie!
Sadly people who most need to know this, will never see it. Suppose it really doesn’t matter, trump has made them impervious to facts. Fox perpetuates trumps lies. This can’t be legal. There has to be something that can be done. We’re losing ground on democracy every passing day.
I cannot fathom why anyone would believe ANYTHING that man says. At this point that is way past gullible and deep into willfully delusional.
Propaganda is our 1 problem. It is time to deal with it.
Who the duck believes hannity 😅😅😅
If Hannity ever told the truth his fucking head would explode.
Seriously whyTF do we sell our oil only to have to buy oil from other countries that is just a money go round game providing opportunity for corruption!🤨
You had me at “Hannity said…”
See how the numbers dramatically went down?
Fact check all you want, but Hannity’s words are canon now with the GOP base. Reality based individuals thank you, though.
Fox mouths are propagandists and poseurs (performance artists) imitating journalists who literally lie with license and impunity. Dismally shallow demagogues social engineering with wild conjectures, casuistry with misleading facile commentary and sophist histrionics.
I dont believe anything that comes out of FOX news. Thanks for the fact check. Be should all be doing this to confront lies.
Remember when Sean Hannity said waterboarding was not torture and he would volunteer to have the procedure done to him on TV. A long time ago I know but he made a promise. He lied, again.
Hannity lying!?
Wait, you're saying Hannity LIED?
Hannity lies. Who knew? /s/ FoxNews seanhannity
Par for Their coarse.
Oil regardless of where it comes from is paid for in USD that's why a falling pound hits the Brits at the pumps
Hannity’s Job is to constantly lie to people whom secretly hate him but won’t ever admit it.
What has the truth got to do with Hannity?
Hannity only lies get him off the air
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That's the fascinating thing about Hannity and Fox in general. It would be a sufficiently compelling argument to merely state that imports were much lower under Trump. But they just can't help themselves. They have to ratchet up the hyperbole to absurd levels. 🤷♂️
So, not a “single” barrel. Hundreds of thousands of barrels.
But Trump is the only president that ever supported an attack on the Capitol building and US citizens
Can't trust a single word out of any Republican's mouth
those fox newscasters are krazy as hell!!
He is partially correct. We exported most as refined product.
seanhannity FoxNews TuckerCarlson All lies. All day. Every day.
When are there consequences for the lies?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
The minions will believe anything coming from Fox.
Sean Scammity lying as usual!
This is exactly what we need to do with every lie and piece of misinformation put out by the Trump and Republican propaganda machine. This is psychological warfare used by the Trump cult We have to crank up and do more faster. RETWEET VIARAL.
He lies again.
You are gonna get dizzy trying to fact check Fxnws
Fox News talking heads lying? Shocking.
Yeah, they didn’t import *a single barrel of oil*—they imported millions.
PatiKRoll11 So Hannity lied? Whhaaatttt?
Hannity and his viewers don't care about reality.
We all know he lies.
EndHateRadio G roup O f P revaricators
Really?! How gullible do Trumpsters have to be?
FoxNews Hey Fox, maybe you want to correct this?
'The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity, every crack in the common front against fascism.' Henry A. Wallace Jr
The truth is dead to him.
seanhannity
Scammity wouldn’t last a day on any show that had a fact checker - he just blathers on, oblivious to reality.
He’s right not a single. Multiple. What a duplicitous person
Hannity lied / was mistaken? Color me shocked.
FoxNewsKills
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Did Hannity fact check his lying words?
maura_resister Hannity never let's the facts get in his way.
I certainly hope Jen Psaki and all the Democrats set the record straight on the next 24 hours and point out the blatant lie.
💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
Lies on Fox? 😱
It’s almost as if oil markets don’t work that way.
seanhannity what say you?
FOX News needs to change its name. For one thing, it is NOT even close to being a news network. How about Liars ‘r’ Us ?
seanhannity WELL, WELL, WELL.
If it's on Fox, it's corrupt republican lies, false accusations, propaganda, and political terrorism. Who better to lie on camera than Hannity and Carlson.
They don’t care about facts FactsMatter
All that oil plus the blood of one sawed up, murdered reporter.
Why does anyone believe Fox news or Hannity. answer that.
RiehlAlice Hannity is🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥!
All the lies not fit to print.
Always assume hannity is lying.
oh, what's some pesky little things...like facts to the likes of Hannity & co.....
The Chump also gave them a crap ton of weapons that the Saudis ended up giving to the Taliban and ISIS, but, whatever.
Guess what, the people who are watching fox news are not gonna see this article. They only believe what fox news spews out. We have a brainwashing problem and something needs to be done.
When does Hannity ever tell the truth? Are we sure that is his name?
Surprised he doesn't drown in his own BS
الاستيراد للنفط هو إعادة النشاط الصناعي للولايات المتحده ،
cynthiaLea15 Why don’t these TV talking heads actually check things before they arrogantly spout off on their broadcasts. Strange behaviour …reminds one of Lord Haw Haw during WW2 who spouted drivel based on fantasy. Regards. Via
Is that called fake news or just news for dummies?
You really didn’t expect him to tell the truth did you?
well he technically told the truth, it was not a single barrel
True.. but that's 165 MILLION Barrels LESS per year from the Saudi's .. vs. prior, not including our OTHER imports & NTM, that in 2020.. Oil demand/ use went to nada.. Worldwide, and now feeling the pressure & demand, w Biden's restrictions 👆$📈 &have us needing foreign sources!
Lying as usual.
seanhannity gets caught lying again. It’s a miracle that his nose is not longer than 20 football fields for all the lies he tell especially on FoxNews.
titodinzey Wait, stop the presses...Hannity lied. I can't believe it
Technically, I guess, he's right. We didn't import a 'single' barrel of oil.
titodinzey It doesn’t matter. Everyone that believed him will not see this fact check and will continue to believe the lie.
Spinning yet another lie🤔…🤬
This misstatement lacks significance when compared to 'mostly peaceful protests' and 'The border is closed'.
Say goodbye this bullshit Chanel
ZaleskiLuke Hannity is busy preparing MAGA for Trump’s bogus defense against real charges of corruption with the Saudis. The large majority will remember —and believe—Hannity’s lie. They won’t see this fact check; wouldn’t accept its accuracy for the world. One choice: AmericaOrTrump
U.S. didn’t import a SINGLE barrel of oil. That’s true, by your own facts. That would have been one barrel. Didn’t import a “single” or just one barrel of oil.
But he definitely did lower it.
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