Washington, D.C. – Catherine Cortez Masto’s hypocrisy is on another level.
As she attacks Adam Laxalt for donations from the energy sector, she has neglected to examine her own campaign’s finances and those of the DSCC when she was Chairwoman.
‘Big Oil’ Money Finds Its Way to Democrats
Nevada Globe
By: Megan Barth
On June 15, Cortez Masto released an ad attacking her opponent, Adam Laxalt for benefitting from “Big Oil” money. This is the precisely same narrative she used to attack her prior Republican opponent, Joe Heck, in 2018. While The Globe fully supports recycling, her latest effort is laden with political hypocrisy.
Cortez Masto has reaped financial benefits from big oil and its lobbyists. While Cortez Masto was leading the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee), the committee received millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industry.
In a 2019 review by MapLight and Sludge. healthcare and fossil fuel lobbyists raised almost $1.5 million for the DSCC in the first six months of the year…
Within the article, numerous lobbyists and PAC’s have bundled money from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Citgo for the DSCC in order to maintain the Democratic Senate majority.
As a Senator, Cortez Masto has received $408,819, since 2015, from individuals and PAC’s in the energy and natural resources sector.
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