SHOT/CHASER: Big Oil Billionaire Harold Hamm at RNC After Organizing Trump’s Closed-Door Mar-a-Lago Meeting
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Washington, D.C. – The RNC is bought and paid for by Big Oil, and so is Donald Trump. Just take a look at the speaker lineup. There’s no question that Big Oil would be running Trump’s second-term agenda – putting 300,000 good-paying clean energy jobs at risk, sending gas and energy costs sky high, slashing corporate taxes for Big Oil CEOs, and letting polluters off the hook for putting harmful chemicals into our air and water.
SHOT: Big Oil billionaire Harold Hamm spoke at an energy policy symposium near the RNC.
CHASER: Harold Hamm is helping organize fundraisers for Trump, and organized the infamous closed-door meeting in Mar-a-lago where Trump asked oil and gas executives for $1 billion while promising to gut climate protections. Hamm also worked behind the scenes to try to pay Trump’s bond in New York.
BACKGROUND:
TRUMP OFFERED BIG OIL A $1B ‘DEAL’ – WITH AN 11,000% RETURN ON INVESTMENT
- Trump asked Big Oil CEOs for $1 billion to help him stay out of jail and get back into office while promising he’d deliver their entire policy wish list.
- Trump framed his offer as a ‘deal’ for Big Oil, and he was right: analysis shows they’d get $110 billion in tax breaks alone – a 11,000% return on investment.
- Meanwhile, the oil industry is literally drawing up ready-to-sign executive orders for Trump to greenlight even more pollution and profiteering.
TRUMP IS COURTING BIG OIL – IN PART TO PAY HIS LEGAL FEES
- Big Oil has already helped funnel millions to Trump’s campaign, the PAC that pays his legal fees, and even the legal defense fund for his cronies.
- Harold Hamm tried to help pay Trump’s bond. In between trial days, he flew straight to Big Oil fundraisers. And right after he was convicted, his Big Oil donors doubled down.