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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 03:39 PM Jun 2020

Trump Will Push to Allow Drilling Off Florida Coast

Trump Will Push to Allow Drilling Off Florida Coast

June 10, 2020 at 1:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 103 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/10/trump-will-push-to-allow-drilling-off-florida-coast/

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“The Trump administration is preparing to open the door to oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coast — but will wait until after the November election to avoid blowback in a swing state whose waters both parties have long considered sacrosanct,” Politico
reports.

“Drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico would fulfill a long-sought goal of energy companies… But even the possibility of drilling is a politically explosive topic for Floridians, who worry that oil spills would devastate their tourism-based economy in a reprise of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.”

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Trump Will Push to Allow Drilling Off Florida Coast (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2020 OP
Aren't we drowning in oil? soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
Because he can. We dont need more oil wells. pwb Jun 2020 #2
If he hadn't already lost Florida, this would do it C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #3
Start here. Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #4
Please proceed kimbutgar Jun 2020 #5
"will wait until after November election to avoid blowback" yellowcanine Jun 2020 #6
Note that it's not on the east coast of Florida, where he lives. kskiska Jun 2020 #7
Get this MF45 out of our house ASAP spanone Jun 2020 #8

pwb

(11,265 posts)
2. Because he can. We dont need more oil wells.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 03:42 PM
Jun 2020

He is just being a dick with more distractions from the high death count.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
3. If he hadn't already lost Florida, this would do it
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 03:48 PM
Jun 2020

He's just grabbing as much profit as he can at this point.

kimbutgar

(21,148 posts)
5. Please proceed
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 03:57 PM
Jun 2020

I’m sure those residents of Florida would love the sight and smell on their beaches of oil, dead fish, dolphins and other sea life.

Why to get people to vote for your re election MF45!

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
6. "will wait until after November election to avoid blowback"
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 04:10 PM
Jun 2020

Heh. Too late. Cat is out of the bag, chumps.

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
7. Note that it's not on the east coast of Florida, where he lives.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 04:11 PM
Jun 2020

It it were to spoil his view he wouldn't do it.

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