Manchin's money from the oil and gas industry 2021-2022

Perhaps, I thought, it was a bit unfair of me to suggest in yesterday's post that Senator Joe Manchin was owned by the oil and gas industry. I decided to do some checking. My conclusion: it's worse than I thought. From Open Secrets, here are the senators who have received over $100,000 in 2021-22 from the oil and gas industry. It's not even close:

And from Senator Sherrod Brown

Senator Sherrod Brown took aim at Joe Manchin’s opposition to the Raskin nomination in conjunction with his ties to the fossil fuel industry by saying, simply: “I don't generally question my colleagues' motivation, but on this, it's so in your face, you can't not see it.”

— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) March 14, 2022

Classy: Here's Manchin NOT showing respect to President Zelensky earlier today

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is furiously swiping on his iPad during Zelenskyy's address to Congress. pic.twitter.com/m5ubt1veI4

— The Recount (@therecount) March 16, 2022

And the last word is from The Onion

Oil Companies Lament Rising Price Of Joe Manchin https://t.co/bQfjXa5KQH pic.twitter.com/synlCbNi1c

— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 15, 2022