President Biden’s reckless draining of the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is nothing more than an election-year gimmick akin to using a ‘credit card’ to buy votes, according to Tim Stewart, president of the US Oil and Gas Association.

According to data from the Department of Energy, stocks of crude oil in the SPR hit their lowest levels since 1984 for the week ending Sept. 16.

“This is the first time in history, honestly, that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been used as a campaign credit card to buy down political risk for the midterms,” Stewart told Just the News.