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That Beto is only behind Ted fucking Cruz (!!) as top recipient of oil/gas industry contributions should give everyone pause.
Some nuance to my tweet about oil/gas "industry" contributions to Beto's campaign. Beto received contributions from individuals in this industry, not PAC's, but as @alexkotch explains, "there’s a lot more overlap than most people realize." https://readsludge.com/2018/12/10/beto-orourke-oil-and-gas-contributions-2018/ …
“People would have no problem calling PAC money to candidates from a specific industry ‘industry money,’ but PAC money comes from people. Ppl control the PAC & they donate directly to it, & so what difference, in some ways, does it make whether it comes from CEO versus the PAC?"
Of the $429,759 Beto received from 2,724 donors who work in the oil and gas industry, @alexkotch reports 92 donations were $1,000 or more, adding up to $173,039, or 40.3% of the total. 33 were maximum donations of $2,700, adding up to $96,400, or 22.4% of the total.
Another stat from @alexkotch: Donors included 24 executives, who gave a combined total of $35,125.
Beto's campaign had not refunded any of the oil and gas executives’ donations @alexkotch identified in CRP’s data (after his article was first published), "making it clear that O’Rourke violated his No Fossil Fuel Pledge dozens of times" https://readsludge.com/2018/12/10/beto-orourke-oil-and-gas-contributions-2018/ …
Also, I agree with @naomirwolf here:https://twitter.com/naomirwolf/status/1078466917923463168 …
More goodness from @naomirwolf:https://twitter.com/naomirwolf/status/1078470729329446912 …
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