In remarks to oil industry, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas calls renewable energy a 'cult'
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's made no secret that he's Big Oil's good buddy. After all, the Texas Republican raked in $1.4 million in fossil fuel-industry campaign contributions from 2015 through 2020.
But, when it comes to climate change, Cornyn hasn't exactly resorted to the same level of over-the-top rhetoric of his GOP brethren like Donald Trump, who liked to dismiss it as a "Chinese hoax."
Until last week. That's when Cornyn spoke at an energy summit in the East Texas town of Tyler.
“It’s pure fantasy. … This is part of the cult, or religion, of renewable energy,” Cornyn told oil and gas execs at the event, the Dallas Morning News reports. “This is just the Green New Deal wearing other clothes.”
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