[ [link removed] ]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress




Alexandria isn’t afraid to speak truth to power and yesterday was no
different.

For the first time ever, oil executives were questioned under oath about
whether their companies misled the public about the reality of climate
change.

Alexandria had the chance to ask Exxon CEO, Darren Woods, about the
company's lobbying efforts – specifically in regards to the two pieces of
legislation currently being negotiated in Congress. Through her
questioning, he admitted to meeting with members of Congress during the
reconciliation and infrastructure process.

She then confronted the President of the American Petroleum Institute
about their $55.6 million in lobbying over the last 10 months alone. But
she didn’t just focus on figures alone, because this crisis is personal.

She said: “I think one of the things that often gets lost in these
conversations is some of us have to actually live in the future that you
all are setting on fire for us.”

Exposing the role of dark money and Big Oil lobbying in Washington is
vital, but it also makes our campaign a key target of attacks.

The American Petroleum Institute spent almost half a million dollars on
ads opposing Democratic members of Congress. Those ads, which include ads
that targeted individual members of Congress for their support of climate
action policies, were viewed at least 21 million times, according to
Facebook data.^1

We’re nearly one year out until Alexandria’s re-election and we need to be
prepared to fight back against Big Oil’s disinformation campaigns. We’re
counting on the power of many small-dollar donations to go up against
their millions.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re able – can you chip in $3, or anything you can, to help us stand
up to Big Oil’s attacks and reach our end-of-month goal before the
deadline in 2 days?



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Alexandria will continue to fight for climate justice and to hold fossil
fuel companies accountable for their lies. Your support makes that
possible.

With thanks,

Team AOC

1 - [ [link removed] ]New York Times


 

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