Biden blasts Trump for selling working families to big oil companies

The Biden campaign hammered Trump for promising Big Oil that he would roll back job-creating green energy programs if they donated $1 billion to his campaign.

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The Washington Post described how Trump told Big Oil he was for sale:

Trump’s response surprised several executives in the ocean-view room: You’re all rich enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to send me back to the White House. At the dinner, he pledged to immediately roll back dozens of President Biden’s environmental regulations and policies and prevent new ones from being introduced, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

Giving $1 billion would be a “deal,” Trump said, because of the taxes and regulations they would avoid thanks to him, the people said.

Biden-Harris spokesperson Ammar Moussa responded to Trump:

Donald Trump is selling working families to Big Oil for campaign checks. It’s that simple. Trump isn’t fighting for what’s best for American families, cheaper energy or our climate – he just wants to win this election and will sell out working families to special interests to do so.

This is Trump’s corrupt MAGA agenda in a nutshell: Trump is acting as a puppet for his biggest donors – giving them tax breaks and favorable policies while screwing working families.

Trump doesn’t care that oil and gas companies charge working families and middle-class Americans whatever they want while raking in record profits: If Donald can cash a check, he’ll do what they say.

The Biden campaign hit the key point. Trump is willing to raise prices, kill green jobs and hurt American families in exchange for campaign donations. The fossil industry is not hurting. There have been no mass layoffs in the fossil fuel sector. Big Oil doesn’t want clean energy competition because competition in a free market lowers prices, and lower prices mean less profit.

Trump is for sale to the biggest corporations and if he returns to the White House, the American people will pay the price.

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