Democratic nominee
Hillary Clinton's relationship with the environmental movement has never
exactly been the epitome of cordiality. At a campaign event in March,
she blew up at a Greenpeace activist who asked her
about her relationship with fossil fuel companies. Annoyed at the young
woman's question, she angrily pointed her finger at her and said she was
"sick!" of the Bernie Sanders campaign lying about her. Now, thanks
to WikiLeaks, we have proof that Clinton outright mocked green activists in her speeches to
trade unions.
“I’m already at odds with the most
organized and wildest” of the environmental movement, Clinton told building
trades unions in September 2015, according to a transcript of the remarks
apparently circulated by her aides. “They come to my rallies and they yell at
me and, you know, all the rest of it. They say, ‘Will you promise never to take
any fossil fuels out of the earth ever again?’ No. I won’t promise that. Get a
life, you know.”…
In the same speech,
Clinton goes on to promise her audience of trade union members she will defend
fracking "in the right circumstances."
Clinton gave the
above speech in the same month she announced her opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline,
suggesting it was merely a politically opportune decision.
Green Party nominee
Jill Stein has seemingly criticized Clinton much more often than Donald
Trump in this election. In an epic Twitter rant on Friday, Stein told her
supporters that Clinton's nomination was merely disguised as democratic but was
always a foregone conclusion by party operatives. The media is also to blame,
she said, of aggressively propping up Clinton.
Why does the corporate media prop up Hillary
and smear her opponents? Because they're huge donors to her foundation. https://t.co/GXHuMB5Wl4
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) October 15, 2016
In this context, is
not a bit odd that Clinton has the audacity to let Al Gore, perhaps the most
famous environmentalist in the country, speak on her behalf on the
campaign trail?
No comments:
Post a Comment