Beto Removed From ‘No Fossil Fuel’ Pledge After Report Finds He Accepted Oil Money – IOTW Report

Beto Removed From ‘No Fossil Fuel’ Pledge After Report Finds He Accepted Oil Money

DC: Democratic Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke has been removed from a list of politicians who pledged not to accept fossil fuel money after a report found he had, in fact, accepted campaign cash from oil and gas executives.

The outgoing congressman — who became a darling of the left during his failed bid to unseat GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — originally vowed not to accept high-dollar donations from fossil fuel companies during the 2018 midterms, joining a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers who are hostile to traditional energy producers.

The rising Democratic star signed his name onto a “No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge” in late April, David Turnbull, Oil Change USA’s strategic communications director, told Sludge.

Under the stipulations of the pledge, signers agree to “not knowingly accept any contributions over $200 from the PACs, executives, or front groups of fossil fuel companies — companies whose primary business is the extraction, processing, distribution, or sale of oil, gas, or coal.”  more here

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