Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested he might reconsider a fundraiser scheduled for Thursday after being confronted and told about its host's connections to the energy industry.
Andrew Goldman is a co-founder of Western LNG, a company whose biggest project is a floating liquefaction facility for natural gas off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. He does not have day-to-day responsibilities with the company, but an audience member asked Biden if his willingness to accept Goldman’s help would compromise his pledge to fight climate change.
Immediately after the exchange, Biden spokeswoman Symone Sanders disputed the description of Goldman, claiming he"isn't a fossil fuel executive. He's not involved in the day to day operation. He's not on the board of the company, nor the board of the portfolio company." She also echoed Biden, in a subsequent tweet, denying that the former vice president has not violated his pledge to reject donations from fossil fuel executives.
“What I was told by my staff is that he did not have any responsibility related to the company,” Biden said later. “He was not on the board, he was not involved at all in the operation of the company at all.“If that turns out to be true, then I will not in any way accept his help,” Biden said. “We go through every contribution make sure that we are not accepting money from people we said we wouldn't, or we shouldn’t.
cnnbrk they dont even work why do we need them?
cnnbrk Good! disposal of hazardous materials or accidents are not worth it!
cnnbrk At 10 - 15$ a bulb it’s not easy for a fixed income
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cnnbrk Bernie just thinks China and government is absolutely the very best and commended them and adores them ..of course he would Bernie is an admitted communist
cnnbrk Is this like the plastic straws ..now back to cutting down more trees 🌳 for the paper straws
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cnnbrk Bernie says I just want you to know I shit my pants again 😎😎🤗
cnnbrk Good thing Bernie Sanders will never be president. Trump 2020!
andersoncooper Tesla elonmusk Why do you think electric cars are slower?!?!? My Tesla Model 3 is F-A-S-T!!!🚘💨
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Bernie so unbearable
I love LED. They last longer, they cost less and I can use voice control.
Sadly, Bernie ideas are too extreme for the majority of the public to get behind ... or, maybe it comes down to seeming a bit abrasive ... either way, Dems can do better ...
🤣 you mean the mercury filled ones the government pushed? Or the LEDs that we now believe could be damaging our brains? Always funny how we are quick to jump to alternatives that are not what they seem
So which big corp benefits here -5yrs ago we were all buying led all u could find on the shelves-this is so clear what is bearing down on us -big corp profits are trumps only concern n his stock portfolio -his lightbulb is dim he doesnt get it