Ok, real talk. I was a fan of Beto O’Rourke, swooned over his speeches, until learning: 1. He is the #2 recipient of oil/gas industry campaign cash in the entire Congress 2. His actual voting record, which boosted the fossil fuel industry and Trump’s immigration policy
Can you please send me links that show this? If the information I have about this is wrong, I want to know. (I link to my sources in the rest of my thread.)
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First, look at the data presented. The data states that the funding is from those who work in the oil/gas industry, NOT the oil/gas industry. Beto didn't take superPAC money only from individuals. Considering he's from Texas, most supporters work in oil/gas
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Thanks for this. I dug more into the data. Have you seen
@alexkoch's reporting on this? Beto "violated his No Fossil Fuel Pledge dozens of times." More info and stats on the addendum to my original thread:https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1079840112400203776 …
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