Washington, D.C. – Maggie Hassan is a hypocrite. After consistently voting against American energy production, Hassan now says that she’s “standing up to Big Oil, pushing them to increase supply” in a desperate attempt to distract from her role in driving gas prices higher.
As Hassan tries to appear to be tough on American energy companies, it’s now being reported that she is personally profiting from them!
“According to her 2020 financial disclosure, Hassan has between $4,004 and $60,000 invested in fossil-fuel based exchange traded funds (ETFs) and stocks. Once her husband’s holdings are taken into account, she holds between $19,005 and $110,000 in such stocks and ETFs.
Specifically, Hassan’s portfolio boasts up to $80,000 in Alerian MLP, an ETF that includes stocks from a number of fossil fuel companies; up to $15,000 in iShares Global Energy ETF, which includes stock from Chevron, BP, and ExxonMobil; and up to $15,000 in stock in Energy Transfer LP, whose “core operations include transportation, storage and terminalling for natural gas, crude oil, refined products and liquid natural gas.”
Energy Transfer LP is also the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which became a lightning rod for environmental groups. Its completion was briefly blocked by Barack Obama in the waning days of his administration before Donald Trump reversed the action.”
To summarize, Maggie Hassan is 1. Consistently voting with her most liberal colleagues to kill American energy jobs and reduce domestic energy production. 2. Attacking American energy producers in a desperate election-year attempt to distract from her record. And 3. Personally profiting off of significant oil & gas holdings.
I guess it’s not surprising that Maggie Hassan was a no-show at a climate change rally hosted by progressive activists in New Hampshire this weekend.
Statement from NRSC Spokesman T.W. Arrighi: “Of course Maggie Hassan is invested in the oil and gas industry. It’s too perfect. Hassan is the quintessential Washington politician, saying one thing, doing another, and dutifully following orders from her leaders in DC rather than New Hampshire. Her record and her words seldom align, but her response to the current energy crisis may take the cake. New Hampshire voters are itching for a change in November.
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