Posted on 02/05/2019 6:48:05 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Houston Democrat Lizzie Fletcher was elected to Congress last November as part of a progressive groundswell against President Donald Trump, winning over a stretch of wealthy Houston suburbs where the oil industry has long reigned supreme and Democrats had not won an election since the late 1960s.
But within a month of her taking office, Democrats’ potential headwinds in suburban Texas are in full view as a proposal from the party’s progressive wing to rapidly shift the United States away from fossil fuels gains momentum amidst increasingly dire forecasts on climate change.
“I don’t think it’s something you want to touch with a 10-foot pole in our district,” said David Feldwisch, a Fletcher supporter and president of the Upper Kirby-based civic group Oil Patch Democrats. “Even with Democrats, you’re not going to find anyone denying climate change, but you’re going to find a split between people who want to do something really drastic right now and people who want to something more gradual.”
While the so-called Green New Deal proposed by rising progressive star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., might play well in Democratic strongholds like New York and California, in Texas any shift away from the oil and gas sector is viewed hesitantly for its potential to wreak havoc on the state economy.
Matt Angle, director of the Lone Star Project, a Washington-based consulting firm that works with Democratic candidates in Texas, said it was critical Democrats presented a pragmatic approach to climate change that did not “arbitrarily put the brakes on fossil fuels.”
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Hmmm, let’s see, how to choose between a cockamamie theory that a bunch of phony scientists and lying politicians are cooking up and the stuff that keeps the economy of our home state going. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Texas Ping.
Elections have consequence, dumbasses.
Lizzie Pannill took an axe,
And gave Houston’s economy 40 whacks!
And when she saw what she had done,
The voters gave her 41!........................
Matt Angle, director of the Lone Star Project, a Washington-based consulting firm that works with Democratic candidates in Texas, said it was critical Democrats presented a pragmatic approach to climate change that did not “arbitrarily put the brakes on fossil fuels.”
ie: We will start nice and easy and then hammer the hell out of you as soon as we accumulate enough power.
Just waiting for all the green companies to spring up run by cronies to provide alternatives. Always happens.
Well played sir!
Why do they call the Bugged-Eyed Commie a rising star? All she has done is let everyone know how stupid she is by opening her mouth.
“Trapped” between reality and deranged delusion. Jeez, which direction to choose. It’s a gut-wrenching difficult decision. /sarc
Texas is get the tinge of purple.
You elect a Congressman to protect your area not kill it!
Certainly that way in all of the metro areas.
Dems are morons ping! [and their voters are even more stupid!]
Lizzy had one of the worst campaigns that I’ve ever seen and she still won.
No more straight ticket voting in future elections, so maybe that will help.
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