During a break in the closing arguments of his New York civil fraud trial, Donald Trump claimed that Attorney General Letitia James was responsible for forcing the oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil to leave the state and move to Texas. There is one small problem with the former president’s accusation: ExxonMobile left New York in 1989, three decades before James assumed the role of attorney general. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-blames-new-york-ag-exxon-moving-texas-1234944871/
"ExxonMobile left #NewYork in 1989, three decades before #LetitiaJames assumed the role of attorney general.
Yet today, during a break in the closing arguments of his New York civil #fraud trial, Donald #Trump claimed that James was responsible for forcing the oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil to leave the state and move to #Texas."
#GOP presidential candidates are blaming President #Biden’s clean energy policies for the rise in #gas prices. But U.S. #oil production — already the highest in the world — is on track to set a new record this year, showing once again that a global market drives the fuel prices that shape presidents’ political futures.