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On the recordApril 8, 2019
The fact that subsidies for fossil fuel corporations are somehow smart but subsidies for the development of solar panels is 'socialist' is just bad faith and it is incorrect.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez critiques the double standard in subsidy support for fossil fuels versus renewables.

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