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Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.

By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2023

Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2021 in an interview:

"Our wind and our solar got shut down ... and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.”

By Brandon Mulder• February 19, 2021

Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:

“Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.”

By Brandon Mulder• February 26, 2021

Hillary Clinton stated on June 27, 2016 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio:

"Cincinnati is already one of the biggest cities in the country to run 100 percent on clean energy."

By Nadia Pflaum• July 1, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on November 06, 2023 in An interview on CNBC:

“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”

By Sarah Bahari• November 14, 2023

Robert Ortt stated on January 20, 2023 in in a news conference:

If New York’s proposed limits on natural gas in buildings take effect, the grid today can’t handle the increased electric load.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 8, 2023

Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech:

"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."

By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:

"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."

By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012

Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2026 in a press conference:

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2026

Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact."

By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2021

Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden planned a winter storm as "warfare, an attack on Texas by altering the jet stream."

By Daniel Funke• February 16, 2021

Donald Trump stated on September 11, 2018 in press conference:

"Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."

By Manuela Tobias• September 13, 2018

Bill White stated on May 17, 2010 in an e-mail:

"Rick Perry attempted to fast-track unnecessary coal-fired power plants, which degrade air quality and would cost billions. Fortunately, a court stopped him."

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 7, 2010

Tucker Carlson stated on February 16, 2021 in a TV segment:

“Unbeknownst to most people, the Green New Deal came to Texas; the power grid in the state became totally reliant on windmills.”

By Noah Y. Kim• February 17, 2021

Viral image stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2021

Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony:

“Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.”

By Brandon Mulder• March 5, 2021

Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2026 in remarks at the White House:

“We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.”

By Louis Jacobson• April 29, 2026

Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech:

“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."

By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2023

Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:

"America is No. 1 in wind power."

By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015

Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article:

“Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm”

By Daniel Funke• February 22, 2021

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