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Senior ExxonMobil lobbyist captured on camera revealing 11 senators they control"Channel 4 in the U.K. published a startling expose on ExxonMobil's lobbyists who revealed the top most important U.S. Senators who are the ones behind any legislation that might hurt the oil industry.
McCoy compared his work with elected officials to fishing with ExxonMobil who supplies the "bait" before it "reels in" the official on issues like a carbon tax, electric cars, taxation and infrastructure.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Senator Jon Tester, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator John Barrasso, Senator John Cornyn, Senator Steve Daines, Senator Chris Coons, Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Marco Rubio," were all cited"
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(3,401 posts)RainCaster
(10,857 posts)Yes, the list does include Manchin & Sinema.
DFW
(54,330 posts)He is no such thing.
RainCaster
(10,857 posts)He and one other could not be found as receiving any funds according to some political fund database. It seemed odd to me that he was on that list.
DFW
(54,330 posts)I actually knew Gabby first, years before she was shot.
UTUSN
(70,671 posts)DFW
(54,330 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 1, 2021, 05:08 AM - Edit history (1)
After Al Franken and everyone else on the Republican smear list, we are to take a statement from an oil industry lobbyist who rattles off the names without even needing to reflect? I couldnt cite my eleven closest relatives without having to think for a moment to remember them all.
This is an OIL INDUSTRY lobbyist. He knows perfectly well that if he makes a public statement like that, it will create a stir. The accusation is always on page one. The exoneration is always on page ten a week later.
Lets consider the source and at least consider the possibility that this list was prepared and rehearsed in advance, and for whose ears, and why.