RNC Day 3: Trump and Big Oil Dine Out, Middle-Class Americans Pay

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – It’s day three of the RNC, and we’ve learned one thing: Donald Trump and JD Vance cater to Big Oil at any cost to hardworking Americans. 

While the Trump-Vance convention is spouting Big Oil talking points, here’s a reminder of the facts: The Biden-Harris administration’s clean energy plan has already created more than 300,000 new good-paying jobs and spurred hundreds of billions of investments in communities across the country, and it’s just getting started. If Trump wins, he will end investments in clean energy, risking those jobs and raising energy costs for Americans.

“Donald Trump and JD Vance are worried about their Big Oil donors, not hardworking Americans,” said Climate Power senior advisor Alex Witt. “The Biden-Harris administration’s clean energy plan is bringing good-paying jobs to communities across the country, lowering energy costs, and helping clean up our air and water. Donald Trump and JD Vance will dissolve all fossil fuel regulations and dole out another massive corporate handout for Big Oil, leaving Americans to foot the bill.” 

BACKGROUND

The Biden-Harris Clean Energy Plan is Money in Americans’ Pockets

• President Biden’s clean energy legislation has already driven forward more than 500 clean energy projects and over 300,000 new jobs in small towns and big cities nationwide. And it’s just getting started. 

• The clean energy boom doesn’t just create jobs for some; it lowers energy costs across the country. President Biden’s plan is projected to save Americans $38 billion on electricity bills. 

• A study found that President Biden’s plan will help households save over $1,000 a year on energy costs. To Trump and Big Oil, $1,000 a year is chump change, maybe that’s why they’re so eager to take that relief away from Americans. 

Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda: A Blank Check for Big Oil, A Nightmare for Working Americans 

• 13,000 Ohioans benefited from President Biden’s clean energy jobs, but JD Vance is working hard to roll back the Biden-Harris administration’s progress and put people in his home state out of work. A Trump-Vance administration would build on Trump’s record of losing 1.1 million jobs in service of Big Oil’s agenda.

• Donald Trump wants to keep the country hooked on dirty fossil fuels, and Americans will pay at the pump. The Trump-Vance administration would let Big Oil continue gouging Americans at the pump, while doling out even more tax breaks for their Big Oil donors.