Eric Cantor Skipped The March On Washington To Meet With Oil Lobbyists

[Triana]

Not a single Republican lawmaker was at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Wednesday, an event headlined by civil rights icons, Democratic leaders, and President Obama. Top Republicans all declined their invitations citing “scheduling conflicts or ill health.”

Rather than attend the event, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) instead met with oil and gas lobbyists in North Dakota, where he toured drilling sites in the North Dakota Bakken. According to the Grand Forks Herald, Cantor met with members of the lobby group, North Dakota Petroleum Council.

After his tour, Cantor rebuked Obama for not making fossil fuel interests his top priority:



Alex Seitz-Wald writes that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who also respectfully declined to attend the march anniversary, was most likely fundraising in Wyoming.

THE REST:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/29/2549391/eric-cantor-skipped-march-washington-anniversary-meet-oil-lobbyists/

[tarheelsunc]

1. Hmm... MSM said they were attending an alternate MLK event yesterday. eom

[Triana]

2. Obviously not.

Not that I'm at all surprised about that.

[meow2u3]

3. Now we know where Cantor's priorities lie

And they're not with the American people.

[DreamGypsy]

4. Eric has a dream ...

...a dream that one day every valley shall violated, that every stream shall be polluted, that every American, regardless of race, color, creed, or Democratic party alignment, shall be totally fracked.



And the glory of the Corporate Lobbyist shall be revealed.

Amen.

[Sunlei]

5. Cantor had to Visit? all anyone has to do is look on google map and see the thousands!! of wells.

how long will that last before the gas is fracked, wells done? 10 years? then a land covered with dirt roads, spills, fracked out water, desert sands? , and empty 'oil boom jobs houses'

I think the great American grasslands was a much nicer, renewable resource that could have lasted for thousands of years more.