owe obama s climate bill. we didn t pass legislation ten years ago. senator manchin is a west virginia coal guy. he made half a million dollars from coal production personally. he is the largest recipient of coal and natural gas money in the senate this election cycle. he just happens to be the chair of the energy and natural resources committee, which means he is crafting the democrats climate legislation. as if it was not obvious already, he is committed to propping up coal and natural gas, to use the government to artificially extend the life of the fuels we re trying to get rid of, which we re phasing out. this man will be in charge of drafting legislation that decides whether we cling to fossil fuels and the ruin they will bring or whether we finally begin the transition to a clean, affordable energy economy.
wrestlers, probably not. sandra: it is nothing new at the olympics. they have been distributing condoms at the olympic games since 1988. this year, 150,000. that is a far cry from the 450,000 that they handed out at rio de janeiro. a lot of stuff happening. john: that is a fact i didn t know. sandra: i thought you would appreciate that. john: physics, i m good with. sandra: you are you read in the face? we will have more on not coming up. breaking news. putting pressure on president biden to withdraw his nomination for the bureau of land management. tracy stone-manning facing increasing scrutiny now over her elected connection to an eco-terrorism group. mike emanuel has more on that. i should have had a better segway. good afternoon to you. the top g.o.p. member on the energy and natural resources committee is leading the fight
what the sort of climate hawk forces are up against. oh, it does. i mean manchin is there, chairing the energy and natural resources committee in the senate. the letter that went out, the fundraising letter said that joe manchin has been a good friend of the industry since he was governor of west virginia, and i m sure it is going to get a lot of buy in from oil and gas executives. the way that this ties into the voting rights part of it is i bet what they re telling joe manchin at this high-priced fund-raiser is, hey, look, senator, you really are the reasonable guy here in the senate, you re the only thing holding back the world from aoc and the socialists and x, y and z. right. they re going to butter him up and make him think, hey, you got to hold the line. politicians tend to overlisten to people giving them thousands and thousands of dollars, we all know that. we have seen it many times. this couldn t come as a worse time for those who care about