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Oil and gas-loving climate-denying Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian wins second term [1]
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Date: 2022-11-09
The former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives has been putting fossil fuels over people since he first got into politics more than 25 years ago.
On the long list of abhorrent views Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian holds and has spoken about since first beginning his political career more than 25 years ago, the re-elected climate denier can now add antisemite thanks to his midterm campaign. Christian, whose eventually retracted campaign slogan boasted that he was “the only Christian on the ballot,” bested Democrat Luke Warford on Tuesday night. Warford likely would’ve been the first Jewish commissioner in the history of the Railroad Commission of Texas and ran off a platform embracing “technology, innovation, and science,” which is nearly the exact opposite of Christian’s ideals.
Christian swore he had no idea about Warford’s religious background when he unveiled his campaign slogan, which he’s used before in other elections. He didn’t even bother to apologize to Warford, and his spokesperson tried to pass it off as merely a joke about Christian’s last name. Anti-Semitism is no laughing matter, and neither are the many other things that Christian stands for—including his blind love for oil and gas. Unlike nearly every other candidate whose finances I’ve researched over the course of my career, there isn’t an “uncoded” section topping Christian’s list of top lifetime campaign donors. That “uncoded” section comes second to the oil and gas industry, with interest groups, employees, executives, and trade organizations having donated nearly $2 million to Christian, whose current job it is to regulate them.
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