Donald Trump's spokeswoman has said that President Joe Biden's move to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S coastal waters is "disgraceful."
"This is a disgraceful decision designed to exact political revenge on the American people who gave President Trump a mandate to increase drilling and lower gas prices," Karoline Leavitt wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.
"Rest assured, Joe Biden will fail, and we will drill, baby, drill."
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