And the truth is she hasn't been able to deliver for our state and she's made the claim, and I'm sure throughout the race she'll continue to make the claim that she's the reason that, that Willow was approved. But The president himself, weeks after Willow Washington, given the green light, said in his own words that the only reason that he approved Willow was because his lawyers from interior said that if he didn't approve it, it would be challenged in the courts and he would lose. And he went on further to say that what he really wanted was to disapprove the project. But he recognized that if he approved it, he could get millions of acres of land off the table as part of a negotiated agreement. (04:27–04:45)
CLAIM
Asserts that President Biden approved the Willow project only because his lawyers advised that not approving it would lead to a legal challenge that he would lose.
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