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
“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?"
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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.Show this thread -
Another stat from
@alexkotch: Donors included 24 executives, who gave a combined total of $35,125.Show this thread -
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/ …Show this thread -
Also, I agree with
@naomirwolf here:https://twitter.com/naomirwolf/status/1078466917923463168 …Show this thread -
More goodness from
@naomirwolf:https://twitter.com/naomirwolf/status/1078470729329446912 …Show this thread
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