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Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2022-02-15): How Texas’ power grid failed in 2021 — and who’s responsible for preventing a repeat [...] Voters decide who’s responsible for overseeing the power grid in Texas. The power plants that generate electricity, the wires that carry it to households, and the businesses and operators that manage it all fall under the purview of the governor. Most power plants run on natural gas, an industry that is regulated by the Texas Railroad Commission, a three-member board elected statewide.
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2021-05-26): The Texas House and Senate on Sunday approved sweeping legislation to overhaul the state’s power grid following the disastrous and deadly winter storm in February that left more than 4.8 million homes and businesses without electricity for days. More than 100 people died. [...] Most Texans will have higher charges on their power bills for years to come to cover gas utilities', electric cooperatives' and electric companies' financial losses from the storm and prevent customers from having to pay huge bills in a short time, under plans approved by both the Texas House and Senate. [...] In the days leading up to February’s winter storm, Texans were not warned about the prospect of widespread power outages lasting for days in freezing temperatures. At least 4.8 million homes and businesses lost power and didn’t know when it would return.
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2023-11-06): Latest True Fact-checks in Energy Ted Cruz stated on November 6, 2023 in An interview on CNBC: "We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does." Morgan Luttrell stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet: "Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984." Glenn Grothman stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter: "The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not." Randy Feenstra stated on October 5, 2021 in a tweet: The Biden administration "published a study concluding 4 (of) 5 new cars on the road by 2050 will still require liquid fuels." Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: "Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground." Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: "Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years." American Automobile Association stated on April 27, 2020 in a news report: "New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00." [...] Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: "Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years."
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2021-02-18): Millions of Texans didn’t have power Tuesday night, and the arctic blast was still pummeling the state. Many were looking for answers on why they were stuck in the cold and when their heat would return. And Gov. Greg Abbott was being interviewed on Fox News, decrying the Green New Deal — a massive framework of climate change policies that don’t exist in Texas. Abbott said in an interview with Sean Hannity in the middle of a crisis that "the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America." Ignoring that experts and officials agreed that a disruption in energy powered by fossil fuels was the biggest culprit behind Texas' outages, Abbott added that losses in wind and solar energy "thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power in a statewide basis." [...] When California experienced power outages and rolling blackouts last year, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Republican who was, at the time, the presumptive next representative in his Panhandle district, tweeted, "This is what the Biden/Harris plan for our energy sector looks like. Corrupt ‘green’ policies that leave us in the dark, and Texas energy workers out of a job." U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, mocked the state’s energy disruption by tweeting, "Alexa, show me what happens when you let Democrats control energy policy."
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2021-02-22): Fact-check: Had Texas state leaders been warned of blackouts for years? [...] We found that O’Rourke spoke accurately — there had been years of warnings by energy experts about the state’s power system following cold weather in February 2011, when around 200 generating units faltered, causing power outages for 3.2 million customers, according to a post-mortem of that crisis. [...] Experts have been warning about the failures of the state’s power grid for years, particularly after a 2011 cold spell. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. wrote an extensive report showing that recommendations following a 1989 outage weren’t implemented. Other experts have also warned for years about ERCOT and power blackouts, and state legislators tried to propose bills to improve the state’s energy infrastructure.
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2021-02-16): Beto O’Rourke said Texas was warned for years about power grid [...] We found that O’Rourke spoke accurately — there had been years of warnings by energy experts about the state’s power system following cold weather in February 2011, when around 200 generating units faltered, causing power outages for 3.2 million customers, according to a post-mortem of that crisis. [...] Experts have been warning about the failures of the state’s power grid for years, particularly after a 2011 cold spell. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. wrote an extensive report showing that recommendations following a 1989 outage weren’t implemented. Other experts have also warned for years about ERCOT and power blackouts, and state legislators tried to propose bills to improve the state’s energy infrastructure.
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2021-02-17): As Texas faced record-low temperatures in February 2021 and snow and ice made roads impassable, the state’s electric grid operator lost control of the power supply, leaving millions without access to electricity. As the blackouts extended from hours to days, top state lawmakers called for investigations into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and Texans demanded accountability for the disaster. The Texas Tribune covered the impact of the storm in real time and continues to bring accountability coverage as officials address the issues exposed by the storm. [...] Abbott said in an interview with Sean Hannity in the middle of a crisis that "the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America." Ignoring that experts and officials agreed that a disruption in energy powered by fossil fuels was the biggest culprit behind Texas' outages, Abbott added that losses in wind and solar energy "thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power in a statewide basis." [...] When California experienced power outages and rolling blackouts last year, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Republican who was, at the time, the presumptive next representative in his Panhandle district, tweeted, "This is what the Biden/Harris plan for our energy sector looks like. Corrupt ‘green’ policies that leave us in the dark, and Texas energy workers out of a job." U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, mocked the state’s energy disruption by tweeting, "Alexa, show me what happens when you let Democrats control energy policy."
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2024-04-24): The states with the most reported weather-related power outages (2000-2023) were Texas (210), Michigan (157), California (145), North Carolina (111), and Ohio (88). [...] Many types of extreme weather are becoming more frequent or intense because of human-caused climate change. These events put stress on aging energy infrastructure and are among the leading causes of major power outages in the U.S. [...] The states with the most reported weather-related power outages from 2000 to 2023 were: Texas (210); Michigan (157); California (145); North Carolina (111); and Ohio (88).
Claim: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.” (Beto O'Rourke, 2021-02-16)
Evidence (2021-02-17): As Texas faced record-low temperatures in February 2021 and snow and ice made roads impassable, the state’s electric grid operator lost control of the power supply, leaving millions without access to electricity. As the blackouts extended from hours to days, top state lawmakers called for investigations into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and Texans demanded accountability for the disaster. The Texas Tribune covered the impact of the storm in real time and continues to bring accountability coverage as officials address the issues exposed by the storm. [...] Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on by snow and ice storms. Limited regulations on companies that generate power and a history of isolating Texas from federal oversight help explain the crisis, energy and policy experts told The Texas Tribune. [...] Energy and policy experts said Texas’ decision not to require equipment upgrades to better withstand extreme winter temperatures, and choice to operate mostly isolated from other grids in the U.S. left power system unprepared for the winter crisis.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-21): In 2011, Donald Trump, as a private citizen, donated $5,000 to Kamala Harris’ California attorney general reelection campaign. In 2013, Trump gave Harris an additional $1,000. A spokesperson for Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign told McClatchy in 2019 that Harris donated the $6,000 she received from Trump to a nonprofit that advocates for Central Americans’ civil rights. California campaign finance records confirm this donation.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-22): Campaign finance records showed Trump donated $5,000 to Harris' reelection campaign for California attorney general in 2011. He also donated $1,000 to the same campaign in 2013. Separately, Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump donated $2,000 to Harris' reelection effort in California in 2014. [...] It was true that, in 2011, Trump donated $5,000 to Harris' reelection campaign for California attorney general, campaign finance records showed. He also donated $1,000 to the same campaign in 2013. Separately, Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump donated $2,000 to Harris' reelection effort in California. [...] We found three donations, totaling $8,000, all of which were made to Harris' 2014 reelection campaign for California attorney general. The first donation was $5,000, made by Donald Trump in September 2011. The search also showed he made a second donation for $1,000 to the same campaign in February 2013. Finally, the remaining $2,000 came from Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump's elder daughter, in June 2014.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-22): Former President Donald Trump donated not once but twice to re-elect Kamala Harris as the attorney general of California. California records show that Trump contributed $5,000 in September 2011 toward Harris' 2014 reelection campaign, and followed up with another $1,000 in February 2013. His daughter Ivanka Trump also donated to the campaign, contributing $2,000 in 2014. [...] On Sunday, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., tweeted out an image of Trump's 2011 check to Harris' campaign, calling it "a wise investment."
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2020-08-12): Donald Trump made campaign donations to Kamala Harris years ago. His campaign says it's proof he's not racist. [...] Campaign finance records show that Mr. Trump donated a total of $6,000 to Harris' campaigns for California attorney general, a few years before she went on to become a senator and then presidential candidate. He gave Harris $5,000 in 2011, and another $1,000 in 2013. [...] A spokesman for Harris' presidential campaign last year told McClatchy that Harris in 2015 donated Mr. Trump's $6,000 to a nonprofit advocating for Central Americans' civil and human rights.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-21): Before Trump’s foray into politics and Harris’ rise to the vice presidency, their paths crossed in a way that seems almost unthinkable today. The year was 2011, and Harris was in the midst of her re-election campaign for California Attorney General. Little did anyone know that a certain New York real estate mogul would play a small but intriguing role in this West Coast political contest. Records show that Trump made not one but two donations to Harris’s campaigns. The first was a $5,000 contribution in 2011, followed by an additional $1,000 in 2013. Yes, that’s right, the Orange Man supported Harris’ prolific political career. To make the situation even more comical, a Harris campaign spokesperson later revealed that she had donated Trump’s contributions to a nonprofit advocating for civil and human rights for Central Americans. Maybe that’s where Trump’s obsession with Mexico paying for the border wall came from: He was trying to get his money back. So, even Donald Trump supports Kamala Harris
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-08-26): No, these government agencies didn’t donate taxpayer money to Kamala Harris’ campaign [...] Government agencies did not donate taxpayer money to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. The contributions the video cites are personal donations from people employed by or affiliated with government agencies. [...] We rate the claim that four government agencies donated nearly $900,000 of taxpayer money to Harris’ presidential campaign False.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-22): Donald Trump has donated to Kamala Harris twice, but she didn't keep the money [...] California records show that Trump contributed $5,000 in September 2011 toward Harris' 2014 reelection campaign, and followed up with another $1,000 in February 2013. His daughter Ivanka Trump also donated to the campaign, contributing $2,000 in 2014. [...] On Sunday, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., tweeted out an image of Trump's 2011 check to Harris' campaign, calling it "a wise investment."
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-22): Former President Donald Trump at one time was fond enough of now-Vice President Kamala Harris to donate twice to her campaign. When Harris was running for reelection as attorney general of California, Trump donated $5,000 to her campaign in 2011 and another $1,000 to her campaign in 2013. Harris ultimately won reelection and served as California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2018. [...] The former president’s past donations are cropping up again as President Joe Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection this year and endorsed Harris for president. It is now expected that Trump will face Harris as the Democratic nominee in November.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-08-08): Former President Donald Trump donated not once but twice to reelect Kamala Harris as the attorney general of California. California records show that Trump contributed $5,000 in September 2011 to Harris’ 2014 reelection campaign and followed up with another $1,000 in February 2013. His daughter, Ivanka Trump, also donated to the campaign, contributing $2,000 in 2014. [...] News of Trump’s contribution surfaced after Biden picked Harris as his running mate in 2020 and again this week after he endorsed her for president.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-21): Donald Trump once donated to Kamala Harris’ campaign. Here’s what she did with the money. [...] In 2011, Donald Trump, as a private citizen, donated $5,000 to Kamala Harris’ California attorney general reelection campaign. In 2013, Trump gave Harris an additional $1,000. [...] A July 21 Threads post included a photo of a $5,000 check Trump wrote in September 2011 to Harris’ California attorney general reelection campaign. The post said, "A donation (Harris) returned."
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-23): In fact, the $5,000 donation was just one of several gifts from the Trump family to Harris at the time when she was working as California’s top prosecutor. Records held by the California secretary of state note the largest $5,000 donation, but also give details of a further $1,000 check from Trump to Harris from February 2013 at the start of her re-election campaign as the state’s attorney general. [...] The existence of $8,000 of Trump money wending its way into Harris’s political coffers may hound Trump on the campaign trail, just as it did during the 2020 presidential campaign when she was Biden’s running mate. Then, Fox News uncovered details of how the $5,000 donation came about. Digging into court documents, the channel reported that Trump had made the payment at the request of New York’s then top prosecutor, Eric Schneiderman, who held a fundraiser for Harris in September 2011. Trump was persuaded to buy a ticket for the event at the top price of $5,000, with Ivanka attending.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-22): The 2011 donation was for $5,000, when then-New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hosted a fundraiser for the newly elected Harris. Her campaign initially accepted the money, even though Trump had begun spreading a racist lie that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. [...] In September, Schneiderman invited the Trumps to the Harris fundraiser. Her office does not seem to have been investigating Trump University, but Donald Trump had an opportunity to curry favor with two attorneys general with one check. He followed that $5,000 with another $1,000 two years later. So did another Trump. In 2014, Ivanka Trump kicked in $2,000 for Harris’ re-election campaign. Harris kept the $5,000 from Trump until 2015, when he was running for president and she was making a successful bid for the U.S. Senate. Her campaign announced that the money had been donated to a non-profit organization that advocates for human rights in Central America. She no doubt figured this was one of the last places he would want it to go.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2024-07-24): State records show that Trump donated US$6,000 ($9,107) in total to the then-California attorney-general's campaign — US$5,000 ($7,589) in September 2011 after she was first elected, and another US$1,000 ($1,518) in 2013. [...] At the time of Trump's donations to Harris' campaign, he was facing a class action about whether Trump University had defrauded its students. [...] "I think those political donations are always, generally speaking, done because somebody is seeking influence or they want something out of a candidate," Shortis said, adding that Trump's contribution to Harris' campaign wasn't much in the scale of US election financing.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2019-03-04): President Trump and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, each donated to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) when Harris was campaigning for California attorney general years ago, The Sacramento Bee reported Monday. The newspaper reported that the president gave Harris $5,000 in 2011 and another $1,000 in 2013 and Ivanka Trump donated $2,000 in 2014. [...] A spokesman for the Harris campaign told the Bee that Harris donated the $6,000 she received from President Trump to a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of Central Americans. The newspaper reported, however, that Harris didn’t make that donation until 2015, one year after she won reelection as attorney general.
Claim: Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011. (Threads posts, 2024-07-21)
Evidence (2020-08-11): President Trump and his daughter Ivanka both made financial contributions to Kamala Harris’s campaign when she was running for reelection as California’s attorney general before she became a senator — and, eventually, as of Tuesday, a Democratic vice-presidential candidate. The donations were originally noted by McClatchy DC when Harris was running for president in the Democratic primaries last year. According to campaign-finance records, Donald Trump donated a total of $6,000 to Harris’s attorney-general reelection campaigns in 2011 ($5,000) and 2013 ($1,000). Ivanka Trump gave Harris’s campaign $2,000 in 2014. In 2015, months after the elder Trump began spreading the baseless birther conspiracy theory about President Obama on television, Harris donated the $6,000 to a nonprofit that advocates for Central Americans’ rights, her presidential campaign manager told McClatchy last year. [...] Harris is far from the only Democratic lawmaker to have gotten money from the Trumps. Both have also donated to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s campaigns and, from Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, New Jersey senator Cory Booker’s. Donald Trump, who donated mostly to Democrats up until 2011 — including repeated contributions to the campaigns of Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, and Hillary Clinton — has defended his political donations to both Democrats and Republicans, claiming they were strategic moves to buy influence. Most of the Democrats Trump has donated to at the state or federal level have been in the Northeast, with the exception of Harris, Reid, and a few more in other parts of the country.