Happy Tax Day: Secretary Wright’s Oil Company Paid Zero US Taxes as Americans Pay Billions More at the Pump 

Americans have now spent $20.5 billion more on gas and diesel since Trump attacked Iran 

Washington, DC – The oil company founded by Trump’s Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, paid no taxes last year — all while Americans struggle to make ends meet thanks to skyrocketing gas prices. Oil and gas companies are already set to receive a multi-billion-dollar windfall from Trump’s war of choice in Iran, with executives raking in $1.4 billion in stock sales as the war kickstarts a global energy crisis. 

As the founder of Liberty Energy, Chris Wright has had an illustrious career suing the government to end pollution protections for Americans and denying that climate change exists. Now, after donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump’s campaign, he’s getting everything he ever wanted as Trump’s Energy Secretary, including “tax avoidance on steroids”.

Climate Power Communications Director Alex Glass issued the following statement: “On a day in which Republicans are desperately trying to convince people their disastrous budget bill was good for wallets — Americans are spending tens of billions of dollars more at the pump and on their utility bills. And to make matters worse, today we find out that the Big Oil company that Trump’s energy secretary founded is raking in profits tax-free. The message is clear — in Trump’s economy, it’s big oil and gas first, the American people last.”