Hope this one gets reelected.
US House candidate, IL-06
2/ For context, it’s worth understanding what our world was like just 2.5 years ago. GDP was in free fall, unemployment was spiking, global travel was frozen and demand for oil was collapsing, taking oil prices along with it.
3/ This collapse in energy use led to a direct, measured reduction in annual CO2 emissions.
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4/ In response, a group of @GOP Senators introduced a bill to pull US troops out of Saudi Arabia unless they slashed oil production. On the logic that this would raise oil prices and provide welfare to the neediest amongst us - the US oil sector.
5/ Trump echoed that message directly from the White House.
6/ And here’s the deal: it “worked”. Oil production was slashed. Crude prices spiked 24% the next day. The @GOP got what they wanted. Fox news praised them. Your cost of living went up. Again: this was just 2.5 years ago.
7/ Fast forward to today. Oil prices are too high. We passed the #InflationReductionAct to to decouple from petro-state volatility & grow our economy with cheaper energy. We are on the cusp of the biggest wealth transfer in our history from energy producers to energy consumers.
8/ It will slash CO2 emissions by 40% relative to 2005 levels AND leave Americans richer. That is a threat to OPEC. It is also a threat to the @GOP. Every one of them voted against cheaper energy, and they want to overturn it if they win the House.
9/ Meanwhile, Russia has an economy that depends on oil revenue. The higher the oil price, the more money they have to kill Ukrainians and risk European peace. That’s why the US and our allies are so focused on cutting off that cash flow.
10/ So what will OPEC’s production cut do? It will boost the oil price, bringing more revenue to Putin, MBS and @SenatorCassidy’s oil-dependent regions. It will also kill more Ukrainians, raise costs for US consumers and hurt POTUS electorally.
11/ That brings no benefit to the US collectively, democracy, human rights or the post-WWII order. And so, @RepMalinowski, @RepSusanWild and I have introduced the exact same bill @SenatorCassidy led 2.5 years ago, but this time putting the interests of US consumers first.
12/ Here is the bill text. And here is my challenge to our @GOP colleagues: if you care about US consumers, energy costs and democracy, this is your chance to prove it. Sign on. Join us. Or else at least have the courage to acknowledge your hypocrisy. /fin
