“The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia.”
Jake LaTurner
U.S. representative, R-Kan.. An ad. Claim dated 25 Feb 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The Keystone pipeline, which President Joe Biden canceled, would have transported more oil per day than the U.S. imports from Russia, but it would not have been a simple offset.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jake LaTurner (U.S. representative, R-Kan.) made this claim around 25 February 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 March 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&c…
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