#IASEN Roundup: Ernst at Exxon Mobil Funder

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Author | Paul Deaton
http://www.blogforiowa.com/2014/07/30/iasen-roundup-ernst-at-exxon-mobil-funder/

As this posts, Joni Ernst is scheduled to be at the McDermott Building in Washington, D.C. for a fundraiser with the Exxon Mobil Political Action Committee and the American Petroleum Institute.

Yesterday, Bruce Braley issued the following statement:

RELEASE: Ernst Cozies Up to Big Oil Backers, Who Are Working to Undermine RFS & 75,000 Iowa Jobs

While Bruce Braley and a bipartisan coalition of Iowa officials are fighting to protect the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the nearly 75,000 Iowa jobs it helps support, State Sen. Joni Ernst, who has repeatedly said she is “philosophically opposed” to the RFS, is headed to D.C. for a fundraiser tomorrow with big oil special interests who are working to gut the RFS and harm Iowa’s economy:

WHO-TV: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst said Monday she didn’t see a problem in going to a campaign fundraiser sponsored by groups that don’t want to see preference given to renewable fuels, which are prevalent in ethanol-rich Iowa’s rural communities.Ernst is scheduled to attend the Wednesday fundraiser in Washington, D.C, that is sponsored by the political action committees for the American Petroleum Institute and Exxon Mobil.

Ernst, who has already been the beneficiary of nearly $3 million in outside spending and a maximum campaign contribution from the oil billionaire Koch brothers, will continue to see her anti-Iowa positions rewarded at tomorrow’s event that is hosted by Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and other special interests who want to see the RFS weakened and Iowa’s economy harmed. Exxon Mobil, which has worked against the bipartisan RFS, received an “F” from the Renewable Fuels Association, while the director of the API recently said of his organization’s efforts to gut the RFS: “If it can’t be changed this year, we’ll move into next year.”

Much more at the link

Ernst - bad for Iowa, bad for America, great for oil billionaires!

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1. This line is her campaign in a nut shell.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst said Monday she didn’t see a problem.

No shit

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2. Let us hope most Iowa voters have a real problem with it.

That really sounds like something Palin would say.

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3. Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst accused of cozying up to Big Oil

LOL That was the Thursday front page headline of the Omaha World Herald Iowa Edition. The paper most people get in SW and West Central Iowa. A very rare event for the paper to have a less than favorable GOP headline.



http://www.omaha.com/news/iowa/iowa-senate-candidate-joni-ernst-accused-of-cozying-up-to/article_1563e0ae-93a1-515d-84ae-19dc70fcd430.html


WASHINGTON — Iowa State Sen. Joni Ernst was raising money for her U.S. Senate campaign this week in the nation’s capital, but Democrats said one of her events raised questions about her dedication to protecting federal ethanol supports.

The Republican Ernst is running against U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, to succeed Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, who is retiring. Ernst’s Wednesday night fundraiser was hosted by several political action committees, and the four Republican women of the Senate, including Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, were considered “special guests.”

The host PACs included the American Petroleum Institute and ExxonMobil, chief representatives of the oil industry that have been working overtime to roll back the Renewable Fuel Standard. The RFS includes a requirement that oil companies blend a certain amount of ethanol into the gasoline supply.


The Braley campaign criticized Ernst for holding the fundraiser in a statement titled “Ernst cozies up to Big Oil backers who are working to undermine RFS and 75,000 Iowa Jobs.”

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4. Braley needs to hit her hard with this.

It's obvious whose pocket she is in.