Now we know how @BillGates got @Sen_JoeManchin to sign on to the Inflation Reduction Act:
Gates purchased Manchin's support with this $760 million battery plant to be built in West Virginia.
Ka-ching. Manchin-g.https://t.co/a9wQu0KS1c via @business
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) December 23, 2022
"And here we thought @Sen_JoeManchin traded his [Inflation Reduction Act] vote for permitting reform, which still hasn’t passed. Turns out he sold it for corporate welfare for his state. Your tax dollars for @BillGates at work."https://t.co/7uw4od2gS3
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) December 23, 2022
Bill Gates: This “sets a clear example of what serious climate action looks like.”
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“As [Gates] revealed to Bloomberg Green, he has quietly lobbied Manchin and other senators, starting before Biden had won the White House, in anticipation of a rare moment in which heavy federal spending might be secured for the clean-energy transition,” Bloomberg said.
