Republicans Forsake Morality for Money In Paris Climate Accord Exit
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Always follow the money. It was never about the coal miners whose jobs are disappearing due to automation and the ever-increasing rise of alternative energy sources like wind and solar. It was not, as Donald Trump tried to say in his world salad gibberish of a speech, about making a better deal for America. The real deal had already been made. This deal had nothing to do with 195 countries coming together to address the planetary crisis of climate change. No, this deal was between the Koch brothers and their fossil fuel industry cronies and the Republicans in Congress who routinely forsake the values of the country they swore an oath to uphold to do these billionaire brothers’ bidding.
EcoWatch reported: “The 22 Republicans who sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement received more than $10 million dollars in campaign funds from fossil fuel interests.” Noting that among the signers are senators from “coal/gas/oil/-rich states including, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Ted Cruz of Texas.”
Still, as EcoWatch notes citing the Guardian, this pales in comparison to the “at least $90 million in untraceable money that has been funneled to Republican candidates from oil, gas, and coal interests in the past three election cycles, according to the Federal Election Commission disclosures analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics.”
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More at the jump:
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/04/republicans-forsake-morality-money-paris-climate-accord-exit.html
As if we didn't know. Trumps feelings were probably the thing that iced the cake.
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