Republicans in the US ‘battery belt’ embrace Biden’s climate spending

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Southern states led by Republicans did not vote for climate spending, but now embrace clean energy dollars like never before

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“There’s a ton of opportunity and excitement in [the] clean energy sector right now,” Moskowitz said. “We’ve always had strong support from both sides of the aisle, even if there hasn’t always been agreement.”Barry Loudermilk, a Republican congressman whose House of Representatives district includes Cartersville, denied that the rush of investment is politically awkward for the GOP, accusing Biden of an “elementary school-level response” to the issue in his state of the union speech.

“We aren’t ready for this . This is just subsidizing one industry over another and just throwing taxpayer dollars at something usually just leads to failure, and sets you back a decade.”

 

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By their fruits you shall know them…. Climate policies are nothing but regressive.

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