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GOP lawmakers echo Beck's claims against Soros
Two GOP lawmakers seemed to echo talking points from Fox News host Glenn Beck about a deal made by investor George Soros.. Reps. Dan Burton (R-Ind) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) questioned whether Soros, who backs a number of liberal causes and Democratic candidates for office, had invested in a Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, with the knowledge that President Barack Obama might temporarily ban deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. "We don't need to be spending Mr. Soros's money in Brazil, so he can make more money by doing offshore drilling with our taxpayer's money," Burton said. Burton's implication was that Soros, an investor with Petrobras and a major Obama campaign donor, profited from a loan made by the U.S. Export-Import bank to Petrobras. Gohmert made a similar point later during a congressional special orders speech. "This country, apparently standing for two billion dollars to help Brazil do deep exploration -- and that'll make hundreds of millions for Soros, happy dream, they make lots of money -- but sometimes people in this body are torn between their constituent service, or being a part of a powerful team," he said. Their comments echoed several made by Glenn Beck the night before on Fox News. Posted by: Fred 2010-06-25 |
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